Rectolejeunea phyllobola (Nees & Mont.) A.Evans
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lejeuneaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Pale green, growing in depressed mats. Leaves loosely imbricated, the dorsal lobe widely spreading, ovate-orbicular, about 0.5 mm. long, rounded at the apex, entire or nearly so; lobule inflated, ovate, involute, apex usually tipped with a single rounded cell; leaf cells thin-walled but with distinct trigones, averaging about 20 µ underleaves distant, broadly ovate to orbicular, bifid to about the middle with narrow and usually sharp divisions; inflorescence autoecious; male inflorescence with the bracteoles restricted to the basal portion; female inflorescence usually borne on a short branch with a single subfloral innovation; bracts, bracteoles and perianths much as in the preceding species; caducous leaves borne on prostrate branches.
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Distribution
On bark, Great Bahama, New Providence, Cat and Watling's Islands : Florida ; Bermuda ; West Indies. Leaf-shedding Rectolejeunea.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| West Indies|