Plagiochila exigua (Taylor) Taylor

Silva, Jainara Pereira, Oliveira-da-Silva, Fúvio Rubens, Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza & Fernandes, Rozijane Santos, 2021, Leafy liverworts of Chapada das Mesas National Park: a floristic survey and checklist of the leafy liverworts of Maranhão state, Brazil, Check List 17 (1), pp. 479-495 : 489

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/17.1.479
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scientific name	Plagiochila exigua (Taylor) Taylor
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Material examined. BRAZIL • Maranhão, município de Carolina, Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas, Pedra Caída, sobre solo; 07°02′S, 047°26′W; alt. 128 m; 7 Feb. 2020; JAS Silva 552; CCAA 2578 GoogleMaps .

Identification. Plants green to olive-green, poorly irregularly branched, branches predominantly intercalary. Leaves distant to contiguous, frequently caducous, oblong-elliptical to obovate, 1.5 × longer than wide; apex bifid, margins entire to 1‒6 teeth; ventral base not ampliate, short decurrent, dorsal leaf base short decurrent; median cells isodiametric to slightly elongate, trigones small to large, cuticle smooth.

Description and illustration. Schuster (1980).