Herbertus limbatus (Steph.) Herzog

  • Authority

    Fulford, Margaret H. 1963. Manual of the leafy Hepaticae of Latin America--Part I. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 11: 1-172.

  • Family

    Herbertaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Herbertus limbatus (Steph.) Herzog

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants of medium size, bright rose-red to purplish or light brown, in tufts; stems robust 10-15 im long, with leaves 3-4 mm wide, simple, rarely branched. Line of the leaf insertion transverse. Leaves irregularly spreading, the bases imbricate, 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide below, bifid to one-half of their length or less; segments triangular from a broad base, tapering to a long-acuminate apex of elongate cells, curved, the margins entire, the vitta about half the width of the base of the segment; lamina broadly ovate, the margins toothed and appendiculate below, the vitta broad, bifurcate some distance below the sinus; leaf-cells very thick-walled with thin-walled pits, the cuticle rough. Underleaves similar to the leaves, the segments less curved. Male and female inflorescences and sporophytes not seen. Fig. 7. a-d.

  • Discussion

    Schisma limbatum Stephani, Spec. Hep. 4: 14. 1909. Schisma wallisiana Stephani, Spec. Hep. 4: 18. 1909. Herberta vulcanicola Herzog, Revue Bryol. Lichénol. 11: 25. f. 5 e-i. 1938. The species is readily recognized because of the long-acuminate tips of the leaves and underleaves. They are fragile and easily broken, but can usually be seen at the apex of the stem. The tip cells are much longer than broad.

  • Distribution

    Habitat: On trees in forests.

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