Haplodontium altunense (Bryaceae, Bryopsida), a new moss species from Northwest China

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Keywords: Altun Mountain · Topics: Bryophyte Studies and Records, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Haplodontium altunense X.R.Wang & S.Mamtimin, a new moss species of the family Bryaceae from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China is described and illustrated. Genetic analysis based on ITS sequences shows that this species is a member of the Bryaceae and in the same clade as Anomobryum. Particularly distinctive features of the new species include: double peristome; the exostome has raised and membranous chomata with united lamellae between two teeth proximally; the endostome is poorly developed and all the endostomial material tightly adherent to the exostome.

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