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4. Paludella Ehrhardt ex Bridel, Muscol. Recent., suppl. 3: 72. 1817. • [Latin palus, marsh, and -ella, diminutive, alluding to habitat].

Dale H. Vitt

Leaves squarrose-recurved, not 3-ranked, obovate to elliptic; margins broadly reflexed near mid leaf; laminal cells rounded-hexagonal, bulging-conic on both surfaces, walls thick; basal cells longer than distal cells.

Species 1: North America, Eurasia; circumboreal.

Plants of Paludella occur in calcareous fens.

Lower Taxon


 

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