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!Gymnostomum laxirete (Broth.) P.C. Chen

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Published In: Hedwigia 80: 57. 1941. (Hedwigia)

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 3/13/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 5/1/2009)

General Reference:

Li Xing-jiang, M. R. C. & S. He. 2001. Fissidentaceae–Ptychomitriaceae. 2. viii + 283 pp. In Moss Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden, Beijing, New York & St. Louis.

Illustration & Map (Last Modified On 5/1/2009)

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Gymnostomum laxirete (Broth.) P.C. Chen (Figs. 1–3.)

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Distribution (Last Modified On 5/1/2009)

Distribution:

Habitat: on calcareous rocks.

Distribution: endemic to China.

Specimens Examined (Last Modified On 5/1/2009)

Specimens Examined:

Specimen examined: Only the type was seen.

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3. Gymnostomum laxirete (Broth.) P.-C. Chen 厚壁净口藓 hou-bi jing-kou xian

Hedwigia 80: 57. 1941. Hymenostylium laxirete Broth., Symb. Sin. 4: 32. 1929. Type. China: Yunnan, Li-jiang Co., Handel-Mazzetti 4204 (holotype H).

Plants medium-sized to rather large, 30–60 mm high, in dense tufts. Stems erect, usually branched, densely foliate. Leaves ovate at the base, rather abruptly narrowed and lanceolate above the base, blunt at the apex; margins plane, entire; costa stout, ending just below the apex; upper leaf cells rounded or oblong-elliptic hexagonal, strongly thick-walled, irregularly arranged; basal cells broader and longer, irregularly rectangular or oblong-elliptic, rather thick-walled, all cells smooth. Sporophytes unknown.

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