Phyllodon truncatulus (Müll.Hal.) W.R.Buck
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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
Hypnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants somewhat small, in dull, ± stiff, green to yellowish green, flat mats; stems to ca. 3 cm, subpinnately branched, the branches numerous, elongate, complanate-foliate Leaves complanate, erect- to wide-spreading, often asymmetric, broadly ligulate, dorsal and ventral leaves narrower than lateral leaves, broadly rounded to emarginate, lateral leaves very concave, 0.6-1 x 0.3-0.4 mm; margins sharply serrate above, the teeth bifid, serrulate below, plane: costa short and double or absent; cells linear-flexuose, 30-60 x 3-5 µm, prorulose and seriately papillose, the papillae lower in basal half of leaf, thin-walled: alar cells scarcely differentiated, with a few subquadrate, concolorous cells in basal angles and across the insertion. Synoicous. Setae 1.5-2.5 cm long; capsules ca. 1.25 mm long.
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Distribution
In non-flooded moist forests and atop Mont Galbao, rare, ca. 200-700 m, on rotten logs and rock.
French Guiana South America|