Diplasiolejeunea pellucida (C.F.W.Meissn. ex Spreng.) Schiffn.

• 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.

• Family

  Lejeuneaceae

• Scientific Name

  Diplasiolejeunea pellucida (C.F.W.Meissn. ex Spreng.) Schiffn.

• Description

  Species Description - Plants 1.5-2 mm wide, pale green, growing closely appressed on leaf surfaces. Leaf lobes ovate-obovate, with scattered ocelli, apex and dorsal margin with a whitish border of thin-walled, quadrate to rectangular cells in 1-2 rows. Lobules ovate-elongate, ca. 2/5 of lobe length, inflated, keel arched, free margin plane or incurved; first tooth erect, finger-like, 3-5 cells long and (1)2-3 cells wide at base; second tooth smaller, 1-2 cells long, often incurved and inconspicuous. Underleaves distant, small, to 0.3 mm wide, bifid to 3/4 of length, lobes narrowly triangular, acute. Autoicous.