Plagiochila
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Plagiochilaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Stems ascending from a prostrate rhizome, simple or with lateral branches. Leaves succnbous, undivided, decurrent dorsally and ventrally, the margin varying from entire to ciliate or spinose. Under-lraves usually minute and shortlived. Inflorescence dioecious. Antheridia from one to ten in the axils of bracts saccate at the base, the bracts imbricated and usually arranged in elongated androecia, often proliferating at the apex. Perichaetial bracts similar to the leaves but often broader and more toothed. Perianth laterally compressed, the mouth broad, truncate, and variously dentate to ciliate. [Greek, oblique lip.] Some 800 species or more, mostly tropical. Type species: P. asplenioides (L.) Dumort.