Trachypodopsis serrulata (P. Beauvois) M. Fleischer var. crispatula (Hooker) Zanten

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, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (4), pp. 127-134 : 132

11. Trachypodopsis serrulata (P. Beauvois) M. Fleischer var. crispatula (Hooker) Zanten

[ Trachypodaceae ]

The taxon is characterized by having a robust plant size with subpinnate branches forming brownish mats on forest floor. The leaves are longitudinally plicate, unipapillose, unicostate, with long acuminate apex and strongly cordate leaf bases with marked alar differentiation ( Zanten 1959).While the species is widespread in Malesia and in Luzon of the Philippine archipelago, the record is new to Mindanao Island both as a variety, species and genus.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Bukindon Province. Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park , on tree trunk, 7 Sep 2007, Azuelo s.n. ( CMUH, UC) ; upper slope of Dulang-Dulang , on litter, snag and base of hardwood trunks, 2620 m, 22 Apr 2014, Shevock 44819 ( CAS, CMUH, MO, UC) , 23 Apr 2014, Shevock 44863 ( CAS, CMUH, UC) and 2875 m, 24 Apr 2014, Shevock, Fritsch & Opiso 44881 ( CAS, CMUH, NY, UC) .