Plagiochila bifaria (Sw.) Lindenb

Gradstein, S. Robbert & Bernard, Elisabeth Lavocat, 2020, An evaluation of the endemic bryophyte flora of Guadeloupe, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 205-214 : 212

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2020v41a15
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7822186
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8F68-7D54-FFE5-A061-F9C323A7F83B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Plagiochila bifaria (Sw.) Lindenb
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Plagiochila bifaria (Sw.) Lindenb View in CoL View at ENA

Species Hepathicarum fasc. 5: 127 (1843).

Plagiochila desciscens Steph. , Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 867 (1902); Stephani, Icones Ineditae 11701. — Basionym: Plagiochila guadalupensis Gottsche ex Steph. “var.”, non typus (synonym of P. stricta Lindenb. ). — Type: Guadeloupe, l’Herminier s.n. (lecto-, designated here, G[G00128749!]; isolecto-, G[G00065517, G00048148]!), syn. nov.

Remarks

Plagiochila bifaria is common and variable species that is distributed throughout the Neotropics and, in addition, occurs in coastal areas of western Europe (e.g., Heinrichs et al. 2004). Plagiochila desciscens is a phenotype with distant, ovate-oblong leaves.