Bazzania pallide-virens (Steph.) Fulford

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Lepidoziaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bazzania pallide-virens (Steph.) Fulford

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants large, olive-green to dark green, becoming brownish; stems to 6 cm or more long, with leaves to 3.5 mm broad; lateral branches 1 cm or more apart, diverging at a wide angle; flagelliform branches numerous. Line of leaf insertion curved in its upper part. Leaves spreading, rarely becoming falcate, asymmetric, ovate to elongate-oblong, 1.8-2.3 mm long, 0.5-0.6 mm broad at the base, narrowed a little to the transversely truncate, tridentate (often quadri-dentate) apex; teeth variable, three to eight cells long, three to six cells broad at the base, the margins entire; leaf-cells thin-walled, the lumina angular-rounded, the trigones conspicuous, the cuticle verruculose; cells of the apical region 20-32 X 22 µ. Underleaves large, quadrate to elongate, the apex truncate, variously lobed, irregularly and sparingly short-spinose to dentate and incised, chlorophyllose throughout or with a hyaline border of several rows of cells, or hyaline throughout on some branches, the cells 24-36 X 20 p. Male branches occasional, the bracts and bracteoles concave, broadly ovate, shortly bifid; antheridia occurring singly. Female branches frequent, the bracts and bracteoles large, the intermediate and innermost series long-laciniate. Perianth and sporophyte not seen. Fig. 8, a-d.

  • Discussion

    Mastigobryum pallide-virens Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 473. 1908.

  • Distribution

    Habitat: In mountain rain forests, on trees, tree roots ami moist cliff faces.

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