Epipterygium biauritum, Hanusch & Ortiz & Patiño & Schaefer, 2020

Hanusch, Maximilian, Ortiz, Edgardo M., Patiño, Jairo & Schaefer, Hanno, 2020, Biogeography and integrative taxonomy of Epipterygium (Mniaceae, Bryophyta), TAXON 69 (6), pp. 1150-1171 : 1162-1164

Epipterygium nagasakense Broth.

in Hedwigia 38: 217. 1899

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Type: JAPAN. Nagasaki, 14 Jan 1861, M.E. Wichura 1383a (PC 2-D barcode PC0130916 [digital image!]).

Diagnosis. – A large Epipterygium species with stems ranging between 5 and 10 mm in size. Pale reddish plants. Dorsal and ventral leaves complanate. Dorsal leaves 1.6– 2.1 mm long, ovate, acuminate. Upper dorsal leaves slightly serrate at leaf tip. Costa ending well below leaf apex. Perichaetial leaves serrate at leaf tip, acute. Dorsal leave median cells 100–125 μm long, about 25 μm wide, rhomboidal. Up to 5 rows of linear marginal cells forming a border of the same colour. Illustrated in Fig. 9 .

Distribution. – Asia. Japan.

Figures

Fig. 9. Epipterygium nagasakense. A, Habitus; B, Dorsal leaf; C, Perichaetial leaf apex.