A new species, Grimmia grevenii C. Feng, X.L. Bai & J. Kou, endemic to the Wudalianchi volcanoes in the province of Heilongjiang in northeast China, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by low, white-hoary cushions, ovate-lanceolate leaves clearly contracted to the base and with rounded apex, both margins slightly recurved at the base but otherwise plane, basal and upper laminal cells not obviously differentiated, basal areolation nearly uniform, costa markedly broadened at insertion, not at all projecting on abaxial side. The new species is contrasted with two most similar species in the genus, G. maido H.C. Greven and G. longirostris Hook.
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19 March 2014
Grimmia grevenii (Grimmiaceae), a new species from the Wudalianchi volcanoes in northeast China and its comparison with G. maido and G. longirostris
Chao Feng,
Xue-Liang Bai,
Jin Kou
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The Bryologist
Vol. 117 • No. 1
Spring 2014
Vol. 117 • No. 1
Spring 2014
Bryophytes
Grimmia
new species
taxonomy