Fissidens radicans Mont.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Fissidentaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants in dense, bright-green cushions. Stems decumbent and recurved when dry, rarely erect or simple, branching repeatedly, rarely more than 1 cm. high; leaves circinate, often brittle and broken off, 5-10 or rarely 20 pairs, up to 1.5 mm. long by 0.33 mm. wide; vein ending below the acute apex; cells swollen, mamillose on both surfaces above, and only on the outer below. Autoicous; antheridial buds sometimes numerous on the fruiting plants. Pedicel slender, erect, 3 4 mm. long; capsule up to 1 mm.; lid beaked; calyptra small, apical; teeth papillose and spiral at apex; spores smooth.
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Distribution
On rotten wood in coppices, New Providence and Abaco : Florida and the West Indies to continental tropical America. Radicant Fissidens.
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