Mittenothamnium
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Hypnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Stems slender, creeping and rooting, usually branched more or less regularly, the branches erect often regularly pinnate; leaves of two kinds, the stem leaves differing from the branch-leaves in being smaller, more broadly lanceolate and sharply pointed; vein single or double; margins flat, serrate or serrulate; cells rhombic or linear, smooth or papillose at the ends; alar cells not enlarged. Monoicous, seldom dioicous. Pedicel erect, exserted; capsule erect or inclined, ovoid or cylindric; mouth wide, annulus usually present; lid beaked; calyptra cucullate, smooth or hairy; peristome double, its segments split along the keel, with 1-3 cilia; spores small. A genus of about 106 species, growing on rocks and trees, mostly in tropical regions. [Named in honor of William Mitten, 1819-1906, eminent British bryologist.] Type species: Hypmim thelistegum C. Muell.