Heterophyllium
Canad. Rec. Sci. 6: 72. 1894.
Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
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Heterophyllium affine | Patricia M. Eckel |
Plants medium-sized to large, yellow-green to red bronze, strongly or weakly glossy. Stems 2–6 cm, somewhat to weakly complanate-foliate, subpinnate to irregularly branched. Leaves erect-spreading, ovate to lanceolate; margins toothed distally; apex long-acuminate; costa double or obscure; alar cells quadrate or rectangular, enlarged, pigmented, walls thick, region differentiated in several rows, middle lamella apparent, supra-alar cells differentiated; laminal cells elongate, flexuose, smooth. Sexual condition autoicous or dioicous. Seta 2–4 cm. Capsule inclined to suberect, cylindric; exothecial cell-walls not collenchymatous; operculum conic.
Distribution
se United States, Mexico, Central America, Eurasia, Pacific Islands
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.