Mastigolejeunea auriculata (Wilson & Hook.) Schiffn.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Lejeuneaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Mastigolejeunea auriculata (Wilson & Hook.) Schiffn.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glaucous green,, varying to purplish black, growing in depressed tufts. Dorsal lobes of leaves appressed when dry, squarrose when moist, about 1 mm. long, rounded to subacute; leaf cells averaging about 21 X 12 m; underleaves broadly orbicular, truncate to retuse, usually cuueate at the base; inflorescence autoecious or dioecious; perianth oval, the keels not winged.

  • Distribution

    On bark and rocks, Andros and New Providence : Florida to Louisiana ; widely distributed in tropical America. Eared Mastigolejeunea.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Louisiana United States of America North America|