A new record species of mosses in China——Dicranum tauricum Sapjegin
Dicranum tauricum Sapjegin is first reportedin China.Plants are glossy,leaves straight,erect-spreading,most of leaf tips deciduous and absent,alar cells 1-stratose,differentiated,costa without stereid bands.Capsules are rarely seen.The species is wide-ly distributed in Europe and rarely seen in North America.In this paper,the differences between similar species-D.fragilifolium and D.viride-are discussed,and an identification table for 14 species of Dicranum Hedw.in Xinjiang is compiled.
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