Sematophyllum admistum Mitt.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Sematophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants small, yellowish-green, glossy. Stems short, creeping; branches erect; leaves crowded, recurved at apex of stems and all more or less secund when dry, spreading when moist, up to 1 mm. long by 0.3 mm. wide, concave and acuminate with flat or slightly revolute, entire or sub-serrulate margins; veins 2, short or none; cells eight times longer than wide, those of the basal angles , square with 2-3 alar cells enlarged and hyaline; perichaetial leaves longer, up to 1.33 mm., more acuminate, entire, or subserrulate at apex. Autoicous; pedicel bent at base, up to 7 mm. long; capsule 1-1.5 mm. long, horizontal or curved, ovoid and contracted below the mouth when dry; calyptra cueullate; lid pale, long-beaked; peristome double, its teeth with short projections on the outer surface and deep ones on the inner, paler and papillose at apex; median line zigzag, not deeply grooved; endostome pale, with 1-2 cilia; spores smooth, ripe in summer.
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Distribution
Common, in dense cushions on rotten wood in coppices, also on palmetto, New Providence, Abaco, Andros, Great Bahama and Watling's Island : Florida ; Cuba ; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands to Brazil. Shining Sematophyllum.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Puerto Rico South America| Virgin Islands South America| Brazil South America|