Cheilolejeunea rigidula (Mont.) R.M.Schust.
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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
Lejeuneaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants 0.6-1 mm wide, dull grayish green, creeping. Leaf lobes widely spreading, ± flat, ovate-orbicular, apex rounded. Cells in midlobe 20-30 µm long, thin-walled, trigones small to large, inter¬mediate thickenings lacking; oil bodies 2-3 per cell. Lobules small, 1/4-1/3 of leaf length, strongly inflated, ovoid, apical tooth short- blunt. Underleaves bifid to 1/3—1/2 of length, 2-3.5 times stem width, distant, obovate, bases cuneate to narrowly rounded, insertion line curved. Dioicous. Gynoecia with 1(2) long, often fertile, lejeuneoid innovations. Vegetative reproduction lacking.