Phyllodrepanium

  • Authority

    Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.

  • Family

    Phyllodrepaniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Phyllodrepanium

  • Description

    Genus Description - Plants small to medium-sized, usually golden, in lax to dense turfs or tufts. Leaves ± cultelliform, asymmetric, acute to short-acuminate; margins plane, irregularly serrate, bordered below but cells not hyaline; costa subpercurrent to short-excurrent; cells ± rhombic, smooth, elongate (but chlorophyllose) on antical margin; basal cells long-rectangular. Propagula uniseriate, determinate, fusiform. Setae elongate; capsules erect; peristome single.