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
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white octoblepharum moss
Plants small, 5–10 mm high, grayish green, somewhat glossy, in loose or dense tufts and cushions. Stems short, sparsely branched; central strand absent. Leaves erect-patent to curved spreading, 4–6 mm long, flattened, strap-shaped to ligulate from an oblong-ovate base, apiculate at the apex; hyaline lamina cells small, appearing only on two sides of costa at the leaf base; margins entire, ...more ↓
