Fissidens radicans Mont.

Gomes do Nascimento, Géssica Maria, Conceição, Gonçalo Mendes da, Fernandes Peralta, Denilson & Oliveira, Hermeson Cassiano de, 2020, Bryophytes of Sete Cidades National Park, Piauí, Brazil, Check List 16 (4), pp. 969-988 : 977

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.969
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scientific name	Fissidens radicans Mont.
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New records. BRAZIL • 1 specimen; Piauí, Piracuruca, Sete Cidades National Park , II Cidade; 04°05′85″S, 041° 41′69″W; 8 Jun. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 1025) .

Identification. Leaves caducous, elimbate, oblong-ligulate, with apex obtuse. This species is similar to Fissidens asplenioides Hedw. in the shape of the leaves and cells, but it possesses generally larger gametophytes and longer leaves. Briocenological group: saxicolous.

Brazilian range. BA, DF, ES, PA, MA, MG, PB, SE, SP (moderate distribution).