taxonID	type	description	language	source
FE7087DC3833FF959CBCFCB364ED3FCE.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — NEPAL. The Annapurna Range, Upperkharka below Lamjung Himal., ca. 3600 m alt., on Rhododendron, 1 May 1976, S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. [holotype: NICH 349870!, isotype: BJTC!, HTC!].	en	Huang, Wen-Zhuan, Zheng, Tian-Xiong, Wu, Yu-Huan, Yu, Meng-Jie (2024): Dicranum nepalense (Dicranaceae, Dicranales), a new species with fragile leaves from Nepal Himalayas. Phytotaxa 666 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5
FE7087DC3833FF959CBCFCB364ED3FCE.taxon	description	Description. Plants in loose tufts, slightly glossy. Stems 0.7 – 1.5 cm, reddish brown to black, simple or rarely branched. Cross-section of stem rounded to oval, diameter (0.16 –) 0.2 – 0.3 mm, consisting of 2 – 3 layers of smaller, rather thick-walled outer cortical cells, 3 – 5 rows of inner cortical cells, and 3 – 5 differentiated central strand cells. Leaves erectflexuose to falcate-secund, lanceolate at base, gradually tapering into a canaliculated apex, 4.5 – 8.5 × 0.35 – 0.62 mm. Leaf apex brittle, lacking in many lower leaves, except at stem apex; some leaves fractured at the leaf base, leaving only residual alar cells on the stem, form a leafless section on the stem. Leaf margins entire. Costa ca. 1 / 12 – 1 / 10 of leaf width at base, 40 – 55 μm wide at leaf base, filling most of the subula, abaxial surface smooth throughtout. Transverse section of the costa with one row of large empty cells (guide cells) in the upper side, and one row of slightly smaller cells below, without stereid bands. Leaf lamina unistratose. Upper and middle laminal cells rectangular, thick-walled, strongly porose, 45 – 75 (– 100) × 6 – 10 μm; basal laminal cells rectangular to elongate-rectangular, thick-walled, strongly porose, (50 –) 70 – 100 (– 120) × (12 –) 14 – 22 μm; basal marginal cells narrower, linear, walls not pitted, 40 – 50 × 4 – 7 μm; alar patches distinct, brownish black, extending to the costa, alar cells square to short-rectangle, bistratose, (29 –) 25 – 35 (– 50) × (18 –) 20 – 22 μm. Sporophytes not seen.	en	Huang, Wen-Zhuan, Zheng, Tian-Xiong, Wu, Yu-Huan, Yu, Meng-Jie (2024): Dicranum nepalense (Dicranaceae, Dicranales), a new species with fragile leaves from Nepal Himalayas. Phytotaxa 666 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5
FE7087DC3833FF959CBCFCB364ED3FCE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet ‘‘ nepalense’ ’ is named after Nepal, where this new species was found.	en	Huang, Wen-Zhuan, Zheng, Tian-Xiong, Wu, Yu-Huan, Yu, Meng-Jie (2024): Dicranum nepalense (Dicranaceae, Dicranales), a new species with fragile leaves from Nepal Himalayas. Phytotaxa 666 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5
FE7087DC3833FF959CBCFCB364ED3FCE.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and distribution. Dicranum nepalense is known only from Nepal. This species has been exclusively observed growing on Rhododendron at elevations ranging from 2800 m to 3600 m. Additional specimens examined (paratypes). NEPAL. The Annapurna Range, around the base camp below Lamjung Himal, 3600 m alt., on tree (mainly Betula), 7 Apr. 1976, S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. (NICH 349523, BJTC, HTC); The Annapurna Range, Bakrekharka below Lamjung Himal, ca. 2800 m alt., on Rhododendron, 1 May 1976, S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. (NICH 349893, BJTC, HTC), S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. (NICH 349896, BJTC, HTC), S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. (NICH 349898, BJTC, HTC), S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. (NICH 350911, BJTC, HTC); Do., 3 May 1976, S. Kunisawa et al. s. n. (NICH 350819, BJTC, HTC).	en	Huang, Wen-Zhuan, Zheng, Tian-Xiong, Wu, Yu-Huan, Yu, Meng-Jie (2024): Dicranum nepalense (Dicranaceae, Dicranales), a new species with fragile leaves from Nepal Himalayas. Phytotaxa 666 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.666.1.5
