Fissidens perfalcatus Broth.

Gomes do Nascimento, Géssica Maria, Conceição, Gonçalo Mendes da, Fernandes Peralta, Denilson & Oliveira, Hermeson Cassiano de, 2020, Bryophytes of Sete Cidades National Park, Piauí, Brazil, Check List 16 (4), pp. 969-988 : 977

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.969
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scientific name	Fissidens perfalcatus Broth.
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New records. BRAZIL • 1 specimen; Piauí, Piracu- ruca, Sete Cidades National Park , II Cidade; 04°05′85″S, 041°41′69″W; 2 Feb. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 315) .

Identification. Leaves oblong-ovoid, with vaginate lamina covering all of stem and usually surpassing it; limbidum occupying entire extension or up to vaginate lamina on all leaves and unipapillose cells. Fissidens perfalcatus differs from F. submarginatus , which possesses oblong-lanceolate leaves, a vaginate lamina covering part of the stem and never surpassing it, and a limbidium occupying the full extent of the vaginate lamina. Briocenological group: saxicolous and terricolous.

Brazilian range. TO, BA, PB, PE, GO, MT, ES (moderate distribution).