Fissidens radicans Mont.

  • Authority

    Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.

  • Family

    Fissidentaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Fissidens radicans Mont.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants small, to 7.5 mm tall. Leaves to 1.5 x 0.2-0.35 mm, bluntly acute to obtuse, vaginant laminae ± unequal; margins crenulate, elimbate; costa subpercurrent, in cross-section below apex of vaginant laminae with 3 stereid bands; cells rounded-hexagonal, 7-8 µm, smooth to slightly bulging.

  • Distribution

    In non-flooded moist forests, uncommon, ca. 200 m, on bases of trees and small shrubs.

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