Haplodontium altunense (Bryaceae, Bryopsida), a new moss species from Northwest China
Haplodontium altunense X.R.Wang & S.Mamtimin, a new moss species of the family Bryaceae from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China is described and illustrated. Genetic analysis based on ITS sequences shows that this species is a member of the Bryaceae and in the same clade as Anomobry...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2021-10-01
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| Series: | PhytoKeys |
| Online Access: | https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/71642/download/pdf/ |
| Summary: | Haplodontium altunense X.R.Wang & S.Mamtimin, a new moss species of the family Bryaceae from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China is described and illustrated. Genetic analysis based on ITS sequences shows that this species is a member of the Bryaceae and in the same clade as Anomobryum. Particularly distinctive features of the new species include: double peristome; the exostome has raised and membranous chomata with united lamellae between two teeth proximally; the endostome is poorly developed and all the endostomial material tightly adherent to the exostome. |
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| ISSN: | 1314-2003 |