taxonID	type	description	language	source
9C5A87DAFFCE0E23FF6DFEC1FBEF50AD.taxon	materials_examined	Type: CHINA, Xinjiang, Ruoqiang County, Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve, Exakkaxtisay, alpine grassland, alt. 3900 – 4000 m, 37 ˚ 10 ʹ 55.5 ʹʹN, 90 ˚ 32 ʹ 55.5 ʹʹE, 16 July, 2011, Mamtimin Sulayman 16753 (holotype, XJU).	en	Esrayil, Sabiram, Sulayman, Mamtimin, Wang, Xiaorui (2018): Encalypta altunense S. Mamtimin & E. Sabiram sp. nov. (Encalyptaceae, Musci), a new moss species from Xinjiang, northwestern China. Phytotaxa 357 (2): 153-158, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9
9C5A87DAFFCE0E23FF6DFEC1FBEF50AD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: The new species differs from its congeners by having 3 – 4 single-celled teeth present at the apex, distal leaf lamina cells obscure with dense five-pointed star or irregularly forked papillae and spores with large papillae on distal surface. Plants small and growing tight together. Stems short, 10 – 13 mm long, branched. Leaves small and becoming bigger towards the apex, incurved when dry, erect-spreading to reflexed when moist, elliptic to oblong-ovate, concave, 0.4 – 1.6 × 0.16 – 0.55 mm; round-obtuse above, 3 – 4 single-celled teeth present at the apex; old leaves base abruptly broader, with distinct shoulders; margins plane or incurved near the apex, often with crenulate-papillae proximally, entire distally; costae strong, ending below the apex; distal leaf lamina cells rounded to rounded-quadrate, thick-walled, dorsiventral with dense five-pointed star or irregularly forked papillae; proximal leaf lamina cells usually rectangle, lax, smooth, with reddish brown and thicker transverse walls, marginal cells differentiated, linearly rectangular. Monoicous. Setae single, erect, often twisted above when dry, 2 – 2.8 mm long. Capsules erect, cylindric, symmetric, smooth; opercula high-conical with a straight long-rostrate beak; peristome single, linearly lanceolate, usually joint at base pair-wise, with dense and large papillae. Calyptra cuculate, cylindrical, covering the whole capsule, smooth, with long-erect rostrum, about 2 / 5 length of the calyptra. Spores yellowish brown, 30 – 32 μm in diameter, with large papillae on distal surface.	en	Esrayil, Sabiram, Sulayman, Mamtimin, Wang, Xiaorui (2018): Encalypta altunense S. Mamtimin & E. Sabiram sp. nov. (Encalyptaceae, Musci), a new moss species from Xinjiang, northwestern China. Phytotaxa 357 (2): 153-158, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9
9C5A87DAFFCE0E23FF6DFEC1FBEF50AD.taxon	distribution	Distribution: The new species is only known from the type locality. Habitat: The new species has been found on soil in alpine grassland. Associated moss species include Funaria microstoma Bruch ex Schimp., Bryum uliginosum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp., Distichium capillaceum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. and Bryum ceaspiticium Hedw.	en	Esrayil, Sabiram, Sulayman, Mamtimin, Wang, Xiaorui (2018): Encalypta altunense S. Mamtimin & E. Sabiram sp. nov. (Encalyptaceae, Musci), a new moss species from Xinjiang, northwestern China. Phytotaxa 357 (2): 153-158, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9
9C5A87DAFFCE0E23FF6DFEC1FBEF50AD.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The specific epithet ‘ altunense’ refers to the locality of the type specimen, Altun Mountains. Paratypes: the same as the type locality, 16 July, 2011, A. Anwarjan 321 (XJU).	en	Esrayil, Sabiram, Sulayman, Mamtimin, Wang, Xiaorui (2018): Encalypta altunense S. Mamtimin & E. Sabiram sp. nov. (Encalyptaceae, Musci), a new moss species from Xinjiang, northwestern China. Phytotaxa 357 (2): 153-158, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.357.2.9
