Mastigolejeunea auriculata (Wilson & Hook.) Schiffn.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lejeuneaceae
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Scientific Name
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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.
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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|