Acroporium pungens (Hedw.) Broth.
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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
Sematophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Plants fairly robust, in mostly lustrous, ± stiff, yellowish green to golden, often dense, extensive mats; stems to ca. 7 cm long, dark red, the branches ascending, elongate, cuspidate. Leaves wide- spreading, mostly ovate, gradually acuminate, strongly concave to tubulose, especially above, constricted at base, 2-3 x 0.28-0.9 mm; margins subentire except for a few teeth at the extreme apex and serrulate directly above the alar region, plane but often appearing incurved above due to strongly concave leaf apices; costa short and double or absent; cells linear, 50-75 x 4-7 µm, ± flexuose, typically smooth or less often unipapillose; alar cells 3-6 in each basal angle, curved to the insertion, greatly enlarged and inflated, the inner ones yellow to dark-red, the outer one hyaline, oblong. Synoicous. Setae usually roughened above, 0.5-1.5 cm long; capsules suberect to inclined, ± asymmetric, 0.8-1.2 mm long, ± bulging at base due to protruding stomata and auxiliary cells.
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Distribution
In non-flooded moist forests, often along streams, somewhat common, 200—400 m, typically on twigs, sometimes on tree trunks.
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