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Fissidens manateensis Grout

ISOTYPE

Specimen

MNHN-PC-PC0130853
AME (America)
Holzinger J.M., Musci Acrocarpi Bor.-Amer. Eur.**, 590

Taxonomy

Fissidentaceae
Fissidens manateensis Grout

Origin

Florida
Manatee Co.
creek near the road from Oneco to Arcadia
1926-3-9
Very similar to F. julianus (Savi) Sch., and difficult to distinguish when sterile. leaves averaging narrower and usually shorter except the perichaetial leaves. Archegonia and capsules borne at the end of a main branch: seta 1-3 mm long ; peristome fully developed, deeply cleft, the equal divisions long, slender, and obliquely striate.
attached to a log in creek

Determination

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