Macromitrium
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Orthotrichaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Plants in dense dark mats, usually on trees. Stems creeping with erect branches; leaves crowded and usually twisted when dry; vein single, percurrent or excurrent, rarely ending below the apex; margins entire or rarely toothed at apex, not bordered, except occasionally at base; cells small and dense in the upper part of the leaf smooth or papillose, larger and clearer below. Pedicel exserted or rarely immersed, terminal; capsule erect, ovoid, urn-shaped or cylindric; lid beaked; calyptra campanulate and lacerate at base, smooth or hairy. [Greek, in reference to the large calyptra.] A large genus of 385 species, common in tropical regions of both hemispheres. Type species: Schlotheimia acicularis Brid.