Plagiochila

• Authority

  Gradstein, S. Robbert & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna L. 2009. Guide to the plants of Central French Guiana. Part 4. Liverworts and hornworts. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76 (4): i-iv + 1-140.

• Family

  Plagiochilaceae

• Scientific Name

  Plagiochila

• Description

  
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  Description - Plants small to large, often with erect, leafy shoots arising from a creeping rhizome-like stem, irregularly branched to regularly pinnate or dichotomous. Branches Frullania-type and lateral-intercalary. Leaves alternate to subopposite, variable in shape, normally asymmetrical with ventral margin longer than dorsal margin, the latter reflexed and decurrent, apex undivided or 2-3-lobed. ventral margins usually toothed. Cells with or without trigones, cuticle smooth or rough; oil bodies usually finely granular. Underleaves absent or very small. Dioicous. Rest as in the family.