Fabronia leikipiae Müll. Hal.
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https://doi.org/10.15298/arctoa.28.19 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ADEB5B-376E-235C-FF17-3AF8FB39FD68 |
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Felipe |
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Fabronia leikipiae Müll. Hal. |
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1. Fabronia leikipiae Müll. Hal. View in CoL , Flora 73: 487. 1890. Figs. 1 View Fig : 1–18.
Type Locality: Aberdare ( Sim, 1926).
Plants small, pleurocarpous, yellowish green and epiphytic. Main stem prostrate, irregularly branched, (5–) 10–15 mm long and 0.5–0.8 mm wide with leaves. Branches 3–4 mm long. Stem 0.05–0.12 mm in diameter. Stem in cross-section differentiated into 1–2 rows of outer small, slightly thick-walled cortical cells, 4–8×7– 12 µm, inner large, thin walled medullary cells, 15–19× 8–15 µm, central cells 3–5, small, thin-walled, hyaline. Leaves closely arranged, imbricate, 0.7–0.8 mm long and 0.2–0.3 mm wide, concave, ovate, acuminate, apex narrowed into long subula, margin generally entire, sometimes with minutely projected marginal cells. Costa single, not very strong (weak), short, reaching upto 1/2 of the leaf length. Leaf cells long, narrowly rhomboidal, apical cells (subula) 57–78×3–6 µm, upper and middle cells 30–45×7–11 µm, alar cells quadrate to rectangular, 3–5 cells in width and 12–15 cells in length along the margin, cells 11–15×7–11 µm. Sporophytes present on short lateral branches. Seta erect, 3–5 mm long, smooth. Capsule urn-shaped, small, 0.5–0.7× 0.3–0.4 mm. Peristome single, teeth in pairs, papillose. Spores spherical, papillose, 11–15 µm in diameter.
Habitat: Plants are epiphytic, growing on bark surface in association with Fabronia madurensis .
Specimen examined: South India: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, Coonoor , Hidden forest , alt. ca. 1950 m, P. K . Verma , A . Alam & N . Sahu , 9-IV-2002, 15344/02 ( LWU) .
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Nanjing University |
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University of Lucknow |
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