Original paper
On the Genus Rhodoplagiochila Schust. (Plagiochilaceae)
Schuster, Rudolf M.
Nova Hedwigia Band 71 Heft 3-4 (2000), p. 395 - 403
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published: Nov 24, 2000
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Abstract
The isolated genus Rhodoplagiochila Schust., with only R. rosea, is described and illustrated. Although distinct from all other Plagiochilaceae in the rose-red shoot apices of living plants (this pigment disappears in death), the extraordinarily long cilia, the slight transgression of the leaf insertions dorsally, Rhodoplagiochila has a Plagiochila-like perianth and androecia. The erect growth and free development of leafless/microphyllous geotropic branches and the lateral-intercalary sparing branching can also be seen in other Plagiochilaceae.
Keywords
genus • cilia • geotropic • leafless • Plagiochilaceae