Cylindrocolea planifolia (Steph.) R.M.Schust.

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 : 483

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scientific name	Cylindrocolea planifolia (Steph.) R.M.Schust.
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** Cylindrocolea planifolia (Steph.) R.M.Schust. View in CoL

Material examined. BRAZIL • Maranhão, município de Carolina, Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas, Pedra Caída–Cachoeira Pedra Furada, rupícola; 07°03′S, 047°28′W; alt. 200 m; 7 Feb. 2020; JAS Silva 579; CCAA 2353 GoogleMaps .

Identification. Plants light green to brownish, ca. 1 mm wide. Leaves succubous, inserted laterally on the stem, ovate, 2-lobed with acute or somewhat obtuse apex, margin entire, plane to slightly recurved; cells rectangular, trigones absent or minute, cuticle smooth. Underleaves lacking.

In Brazil, three species are recognized, Cylindrocolea planifolia , C. ryzantha, and C. brasiliensis Costa et al. Differences between them are presented in the key by Costa et al. (2008).

Description and illustration. Fulford (1976: 399–401, fig. 2).