Plant Diversity ›› 1981, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (01): 1-3.

• Articles •    

S0ME NEW TAXA 0F P0TTIACEAE FR0M XIZANG (TIBET)

Li Xing-jiang   

  1. Kunmming Institute of Botany,Academia sinica
  • Online:1981-02-25 Published:1981-02-25

Abstract: Valde simile R.dicranoidi (C.Mull.) Par., sed differt costa valde crassa,foliis ovato-lanceolatis, insicco crispatis, humidis erecto-patentis, infra ang-statis, hyalinis membranaceis, vaginatis.Planta minuta, dense caespitosa, caespitibus viridibus, atro-viridibus vel fuscescentibus. Caulis erectus, 0.5-0.8cm. altus, simplex, infra densissime fusco-tomelltosis superne densiuscule foliosis. Folia sicca crispata, humida erecto-pateenia, longe ovato-lanceolata, 3-4mm. longa, ca 1mm. lata; e basi angustata, vaginata; marginibus erectis, integerrimis vel superne serrulatis; nervo validiu- sculo, superne tenuiore, infra apicem folii evanido. Cellulis minimus, viridis, rotundato-hexagonis; inferioribus majoribus, inrregu1ariter rectangularibus, laevibus, pellucidis. Seta tenuisslma, 0.7-1.2cm. longa, rubra. Capsula erecta, cylindrica ca 3mm. lodga. Peristomii dentes filiformes, torti. Operculum longe conicum, obtusum rostratum. Calyptra cucullata.

Key words: new taxa, pottiaceae, Tibet