Eulacophyllum cultelliforme (Sull.) W.R.Buck & Ireland
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Authority
Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.
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Family
Stereophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants relatively small, light to yellowish green; stems to 2 cm long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, sometimes lingulate, cultriform, acute to obtuse, often asymmetric, 0.8-1.5 x 0.3-0.5 mm; margins serrate to serrulate above, serrulate to entire below, plane; costa ending at midleaf or slightly above; cells long-hexagonal with ends truncate to rounded, 42-89 x 5-7 µm, smooth but sometimes appearing prorulose due to thickened end walls; alar cells quadrate to rectangular, 9-14 x 7-9 µm, collenchymatous, with many on one side of costa and few on other, sometimes with few on both sides of costa, extending up one margin by 6-15 cells. Setae 0.6-1.1 cm long; capsules 1.0-1.5 mm long.
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Distribution
In non-flooded moist forests, uncommon, ca. 200 m, on rock.
French Guiana South America|