Lepidoziaceae
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Authority
Gradstein, S. Robbert & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna L. 2009. Guide to the plants of Central French Guiana. Part 4. Liverworts and hornworts. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76 (4): i-iv + 1-140.
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Family
Lepidoziaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Plants leafy, rarely thalloid, pale green to brown or reddish brown, creeping to ascending, usually pinnate or dichotomous, sometimes arising from a stoloniferous base. Branches variable, terminal or intercalary; flagella frequently present. Stems with or without hyalodermis. Leaves incubous, succubous, or transverse, alternate, usually divided into several segments or teeth, rarely undivided, leaf insertion extending to dorsal midline of stem or not, leaf margins usually entire. Cells variable; oil bodies present or absent. Underleaves well-developed, rarely reduced. Rhizoids in tufts from underleaf bases. Gametoecia on short, ventral branches, androecia occasionally on long shoots. Sporophyte surrounded by a 3-keeled perianth. Seta of 8 or 16 outer rows of cells surrounding many (rarely only 4) small, inner cells. Capsule elongate, wall 2-layered. Vegetative reproduction rare, by caducous leaves. Leaves made of hair-like, uniseriate filaments, lamina lacking or very short.