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Plagiochasma appendiculatumLehm. & Lindenb. (Marchantiales, Aytoniaceae), a species new to the European bryophyte flora

Josep A. RossellóLlorenç SáezRosa M. Cros

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FlorabiologyGenusBotanyMarchantialesBryophytePlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationAytoniaceaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsThallusPlagiochasma appendiculatum

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Abstract The liverwort Plagiochasma appendiculatum Lehm. & Lindenb. is reported for the first time in Europe from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). The species is described and illustrated and its distribution and ecology are discussed. Plagiochasma appendiculatum differsfromP. rupestre (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Steph., the only species of the genus known at present in Europe, by characters such as the bright green or green-yellowish thallus and the orbicular and obtusescale appendages which are markedly constricted and folded at the base.

https://doi.org/10.1179/174328205x40527