Leucoloma serrulatum Brid.
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Authority
Buck, William R. 2003. Guide to the plants of central french Guiana. Part 3. Mosses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-167.
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Family
Dicranaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Plants medium-sized, to 7 cm tall, pale to olive green. Leaves wide-spreading to spreading, often twisted when dry, frequently deciduous (and presumably acting as asexual propagula), linear- lanceolate, 3-5(7) x 0.5-0.7 mm; margins incurved, serrulate above, limbate by 2-3 rows of elongate hyaline cells above (but not reaching apex), 10-16 rows toward insertion; cells oval to oblong, 7-18 X 4-6 µm, thick-walled, not lengthening toward margins and thus contrasting markedly with cells of limbidium, extending almost to leaf base, pluripapillose; alar cells enlarged, ± inflated, reddish. Sporophytes not seen.
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Distribution
In moist hilly forests, common, 300-600 m, on tree trunks, sometimes in extensive colonies.
French Guiana South America|