Entosthodon convexus (Spruce) Brugués

Schäfer-VERwIMP, Alfons & VERwIMP, Inge, 2019, On a bryophyte collection from the Maltese Islands, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (4), pp. 19-29 : 25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12215833
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/753787E7-FFEC-2D26-FC6A-FC1BCE0AFA3C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Entosthodon convexus (Spruce) Brugués
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Entosthodon convexus (Spruce) Brugués View in CoL

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Loc. 2, 38428; Loc. 7, 38462; Loc. 11, 38492, det. M. Brugués; Loc. 14, 38520; Loc. 17, 38539; Loc. 20, 38555, det. M. Brugués; Loc. 21, 38573/ B, det. M. Brugués; Loc. 23, 38591; Loc. 26, 38604; Loc. 28, 38617, det. M. Brugués. All c. spor.

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All cited specimens have been referred here because of the completely flat operculum. However, the leaf shape is not always typical, often being more longly pointed as in E. pulchellus , and leaf serration and length of costa are variable. Therefore, it cannot fully ruled out that hybridizations are involved. Following own observations, Entosthodon convexus seems to be the most common member of Funariaceae on the Maltese Islands. It has been evaluated as “data deficient” by Hodgetts (2015).