Fissidens leptophyllus Mont.

Gomes do Nascimento, Géssica Maria, Conceição, Gonçalo Mendes da, Fernandes Peralta, Denilson & Oliveira, Hermeson Cassiano de, 2020, Bryophytes of Sete Cidades National Park, Piauí, Brazil, Check List 16 (4), pp. 969-988 : 977

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.969
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scientific name	Fissidens leptophyllus Mont.
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New records. BRAZIL • 1 specimen; Piauí, Piracu- ruca, Sete Cidades National Park , II Cidade; 04°05′85″S, 041°41′69″W; 19 Dec. 2016; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 354) • 1 specimen; same locality; 2 Feb. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 621) .

Identification. Leaves oblong-ovoid, with apex broadly acute; costa up to 2–4 cells below apex; unipapillose cells and limbidium in vaginate lamina of all leaves. This species is easily confused with F. submarginatus Bruch , but it has long oblong leaves and the limbidium occupies the entire extent of the vaginate lamina. Briocenological group: saxicolous and terricolous.

Brazilian range. AC, AM, BA, GO, MA, MG, SP (moderate distribution).