Aerobryum brevicuspis S.He (Brachytheciaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam. (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: He, Si; Nguyen, Khang Sinh
• Is Part Of: Journal of bryology. Volume 38:Part 3(2016)
• Page Start: 230
• Page End: 234
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Aerobryum -- Lao Cai -- Meteoriaceae -- Moss -- Southeast Asia -- Taxonomy; Bryology -- Periodicals; Bryophytes -- Periodicals; Bryology -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Bryophytes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 588
• DOI: 10.1080/03736687.2016.1145524
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0373-6687

Abstract

Abstract : A new species of Aerobryum Dozy & Molk. (Brachytheciaceae), A. brevicuspis S.He from Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam is described and illustrated. The new species resembles epiphytic A. speciosum Dozy & Molk. in the presence of pendent, sparsely branched stems, similar shape of leaves and areolation, but differs by its apiculate to cuspidate leaf apices, a single, faint or sometimes double costae in branch leaves, rather differentiated alar cells, the presence of a central strand in the stems, and numerous clustered axillary hairs that are often 5-8(-10) cells long.