Cheilolejeunea decidua (Spruce) A.Evans

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Lejeuneaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cheilolejeunea decidua (Spruce) A.Evans

  • Description

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    Species Description - Pale or brownish green, growing in depressed mats. Leaves imbricated, the dorsal lobe ovate, about 0.7 mm. long; lobule triangular ovate in outline, apex tipped with a long, pointed, slightly curved cell; leaf-cells usually with trigones but sometimes thin-walled throughout, averaging about 20 m; underleaves distant, plane, orbicular, bifid to the middle or less with triangular, erect, sharp divisions and a broad sinus. Inflorescence dioecious. Female inflorescence borne on a short branch, with or without a subfloral innovation; perianth broadly obovate; caducous leaves borne on prostrate branches.

  • Distribution

    On logs, near Nicholls Town, Andros : Florida ; Cuba ; Puerto Rico ; Brazil. Deciduous leaved Cheilolejeunea.

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