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Clastobryopsis robusta M. Fleischer

  • 1. College of Education, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, 8710 Republic of the Philippines
  • 2. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720 - 2465 U. S. A.
  • 3. Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118 - 4503 U. S. A.

Description

1. Clastobryopsis robusta (Brotherus) M. Fleischer

[Sematophyllaceae]

This is widespread Malesian moss species, reported here for the first time from Mindanao, is characterized by having many expanded, somewhat complanate, and attenuated branch terminals that produce plenty of filamentous propagules in leaf axils. This species is rather large in plant size among its congeners and can be recognized further by having broad, decurrent leaf bases, recurved upper leaf margins with strong marginal teeth, and, a heterophylloid alar organization (cf. Tan and Jia 1999). In the Philippines, Clastobryopsis robusta, which is an epiphyte of small branches in forest canopy, is also widespread on Luzon Island and islands of the Visayan group.

SPECIMEN EXAMINED.— Bukidnon Province. Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, on branch in forest, 6 Sep 2007, Azuelo et al. s.n. (CMUH, UC).

Notes

Published as part of Azuelo, Andrea G., Tan, Benito C., Shevock, James R., Manual, Alven, Yorong, Aimanuelzon & Sariana, Lalaine G., 2015, Mosses New for Mindanao Island, Republic of the Philippines, pp. 127-134 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (4) on pages 127-130, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11066769

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CMUH, UC
Event date
2007-09-06
Verbatim event date
2007-09-06
Scientific name authorship
M. Fleischer
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Order
Hypnales
Family
Sematophyllaceae
Genus
Clastobryopsis
Species
robusta
Taxon rank
species