Metzgeria consanguinea Schiffn.
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Authority
Gradstein, S. Robbert & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna L. 2009. Guide to the plants of Central French Guiana. Part 4. Liverworts and hornworts. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76 (4): i-iv + 1-140.
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Family
Metzgeriaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Thallus 0.6-1.3 mm wide, pale green, loosely prostrate, flat, margins shallowly decurved, branches often tapering to a narrow apex. Dorsal and ventral surfaces of midrib 2 rows of epidermal cells wide, midrib with 25-35 rows of medullary cells. Thallus margins and ventral surface of midrib with straight hairs, those 1 per cell, rarely 2, lamina without or with a few hairs. Thallus cells 40-70 x 35-50 µm, arranged in straight to oblique rows, walls thin, smooth.
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Distribution
In moist submontane forest, not common, 650-700 m, on tree trunks and twigs.
French Guiana South America|