Mawenzhangia Enroth, Shevock & Ignatov, 2018

Enroth, Johannes, Shevock, James R. & Ignatov, Michael S., 2018, Mawenzhangia thamnobryoides (Bryophyta, Lembophyllaceae), a new moss genus and species from the Shangri-la region of Yunnan Province, China, Phytotaxa 346 (3), pp. 237-246 : 238

Mawenzhangia Enroth, Shevock & Ignatov , gen. nov.

Plants stipitate-frondose, habit resembling Isothecium and other genera in the Lembophyllaceae , but can be distinguished by a combination of morphological features: distant, not overlapping stipe leaves; mostly elliptic stem leaves distinctly narrowed at base; relatively long, single costa; leaf margins serrate at leaf tip and often down to midleaf, teeth often reflexed near leaf apex; thin-walled, usually abaxially prorate laminal cells; and often abundant flagelliform branchlets.

Generitype: Mawenzhangia thamnobryoides Enroth, Shevock & Ignatov