Leucobryum albidum (Brid. ex P.Beauv.) Lindb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Leucobryaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants in dense, pale green cushions, seldom more than 3 cm. high; stems crowded with branches; leaves numerous at the ends of the branches, incurved and concave when dry, spreading when moist from the base to a narrower concave point, 2-4 mm. long, ending in a sharp apex, the basal blades short, forming a narrow, colorless border of 3-5 rows of cells; the vein composed of 24 layers of large hexagonal clear cells with a central band of small green quadrandular cells. [Capsule terminal, on a slender pedicel, curved and furrowed when dry; lid beaked; teeth split to the middle; calyptra cucullate.]
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Distribution
Only found once, sterile, growing on rotten wood and logs in coppices. Conch Sound, Andros, New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana: Cuba: Hispaniola; Mexico and Guatemala. White Moss.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Jersey United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Louisiana United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| México Mexico North America| Guatemala Central America|