Fissidens pseudoplurisetus is described and illustrated from the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. The species belongs to subgenus Aloma and is similar to F. leptophyllus. The distinguishing features of the species include: bryoides type costa; scariosus type peristome; bi-to tristratose limbidium on all laminae; mammillose laminal cells; polysetose habit; and, cylindrical thecae.
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1 December 2011
Fissidens pseudoplurisetus sp. nov. (Fissidentaceae, subgenus Aloma), from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil
Juçara Bordin,
Ronald A. Pursell,
Olga Yano
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The Bryologist
Vol. 114 • No. 4
Winter 2011
Vol. 114 • No. 4
Winter 2011
Atlantic forest
Brazil
Fissidens
subgenus Aloma
taxonomy