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Fissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molkenboer, 1844

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Fissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molkenboer, 1844
Fissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molkenboer, 1844
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📚 Overview
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Description
Plants yellowish-green, up to 5 mm long, with 12-16 pairs of leaves; leaves oblong-lanceolate, folded and curled, apressed to stem when dry, erecto-patent when moist, 0.8 x 0.25 mm, leaf tip variable from acute to widely acute, leaf margin shows constriction where sheathing lamina ends, sheathing lamina equal, dorsal lamina decurrent near base; costa yellowish-green, strongly excurrent; sheathing lamina nearly 2/3 of total leaf length, margin partially bordered, sub rectangular cells with marginal papillate cells or oblique end walls except at the base where sheathing lamina is seen, where 2-3 rows of elongate simple marginal cells; seta small, brownish to red; capsule erect, globular, elongated with orange calyptra; spores 14-18 mm, globose.
Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
Attributions Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
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Status UNDER_CREATION
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    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Common in laterite soil with sand or clay, rocks and stones, brick walls and on exposed roots of trees mostly on coconut trees in moist-deciduous forests and in homestead areas. It is a common species of Termite mounts.
    Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
    Attributions Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Description
      Widely distributed in South India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), North-east India (Darjeeling, Himalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Sri Lanka, Borneo, Iran, Java, Malaysia, Moluccas, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan.
      Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
      Attributions Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
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        📚 Occurrence
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        📚 Demography and Conservation
        Risk Statement
        Common
        Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
        Attributions Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
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          📚 Uses and Management
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          📚 Information Listing
          References
          1. Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
          Information Listing > References
          1. Nair, M.C., K.P. Rajesh and Madhusoodanan P.V. 2005. Bryophytes of Wayanad in Western Ghats. Malabar Natural History Society, Kozhikode, i-iv + 284pp.
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          🐾 Taxonomy
          RootRoot
          KingdomPlantae
          PhylumBryophyta
          ClassBryopsida
          OrderFissidentales
          FamilyFissidentaceae
          GenusFissidens
          SpeciesFissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molkenboer 1844
          📊 Temporal Distribution
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