Bryophytes (hornworts, liverworts and mosses) of the British Indian Ocean Territory
This is a guide to the Bryophytes of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the publications: Species list for Cryptogamic flora of the Chagos Archipelago
...more ↓
Calymperes graeffeanum
Plants small, pale-greenish, in low turfs and clumps. Stems short, forked; rhizoids reddish brown. Leaves dimorphic, curled-contorted when dry, straight when wet, vegetative leaves oblong-lanceolate, gemmiferous leaves acuminate distally with often spatulate tips, 2.5–4.0 mm long, axillary hairs inconspicuous; costa percurrent, often long-extended beyond broad laminae and with narrow wings of ...more ↓
Calymperes tenerum
Plants small, pale, compact, in low turfs. Stems short, forked; rhizoids brown. Leaves only somewhat dimorphic, 2–3 mm long, not much contorted when dry, usually secund, straight and erect-spreading when wet, vegetative leaves oblong, gemmiferous leaves oblong or acuminate, axillary hairs inconspicuous; costa excurrent in gemmiferous leaves; cells of upper laminae isodiametric, smooth to ...more ↓
