Plagiothecium funale J.T.Wynns, Cladistics 34(5): 483. 2018 [11 October 2017]
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Plagiothecium funale J.T.Wynns, Cladistics 34(5): 483. 2018 [11 October 2017] View in CoL
Type.
Holotype: New Zealand, Nelson Province, growing on bark of Nothofagus menziesii in beech forest along highway between Reefton and Spring Junction, leg. L. Visch 618, 14 Jan. 1974 (DUKE156843). Isotypes: (MO2408073!, CHR267040!) .
Description.
Plants medium-size, yellowish to yellow-green, forming fairly dense mats; stems 2.0-4.0 cm long, in cross-section rounded, the central strand well developed, epidermal cells thick-walled, the parenchyma thin-walled; leaves asymmetrical, lanceolate, plicate and undulate, i.e., transversely folded, concave, long-acuminate; leaves from middle of stem 1.6-2.2 μm long and width measured at widest point 0.6-0.8 μm; apex not denticulate; costae two, weak and thin, not exceeding more than ⅓ of the leaf length; laminal cells asymmetrical, length and width variable but dependent on location: 100-150 × 6-7 μm at midleaf, cell areolation narrow; decurrency of 2-3 rows of rectangular cells forming triangular or wedge-shaped auricles, 150-200 μm long; sporophytes orange, seta reddish below, 2 cm long; capsules cylindrical and inclined; sexual condition unknown (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ).
Plagiothecium funale types were recorded from New Zealand, Nelson Province, along highway between Reefton and Spring Junction (MO2408073!, CHR267040!), on bark of Nothofagus menziesii in beech forest (MO2408073!, CHR267040!).
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