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Published In: Bryologia Europaea 6: 31 (fasc. 52–54. Mon. 1). 1853. (Bryol. Eur.) Name publication detail
 

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The genus Camptothecium was treated as a synonym of Homalothecium Schimp. by Crosby and Magill (1981) and Hofmann (1998). Its species have been placed under various genera, such as Brachythecium and Palamocladium Müll. Hal. Two species of Camptothecium from China were still recognized by Ignatov and Afonina (1992). Until further studies regarding the taxonomic status of these species can be done, we here recognize Camptothecium with two species from China.
 

 

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3. Camptothecium Schimp. in B.S.G.   斜蒴藓属   xie shuo xian shu
Bryol. Eur. 6: 31. 1853. Hypnum subgen. Camptothecium (Schimp.) Hobk., Syn. Brit. Mosses 147. 1873. Hypnum sect. Camptothecium (Schimp.) Lesq., Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. 132. 1868.
 
Plants medium-sized to rather large, green or yellowish green, glossy, in dense mats. Stems prostrate or ascending, irregularly branched; branches more or less julaceous, attenuate at tips. Stem and branch leaves more or less similar, or slightly differentiated, ovate-lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, mostly plicate, slenderly acuminate at apex; margins entire below, serrulate above; costae single, percurrent; median leaf cells linear; alar cells quadrate or rounded-quadrate, not particularly thick-walled; basal juxtacostal cells not pitted. Dioicous. Inner perichaetial leaves larger, piliferous. Setae elongate, roughened, slightly twisted; capsules inclined to horizontal, sometimes arcuate, elongate-ovoid to cylindrical; opercula shortly conic-rostrate; annuli developed; exostome teeth narrowly lanceolate, trabeculate; endostome segments as long as exostome teeth, keeled, perforate; basal membrane low; cilia nodulose. Calyptrae cucullate, smooth. Spores yellowish brown, papillose.
 
 

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1. Stem leaves auriculate at base; costae slender.......................................................................... 1. C. auriculatum
1. Stem leaves not auriculate at base; costae stout............................................................................. 2. C. lutescens
 
 
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