Calymperaceae

Diagnosis: Plants yellowish to dark-green or brown, dull, in low, thin turfs or gregarious and tufted, mostly to ca. 10 mm tall. Leaves 3-6 mm long, not much contorted when dry, ligulate to lanceolate from broader base; margins thickened, serrate to coarsely toothed above; teniolae very conspicuous; cancellinae distinct; cells at midleaf obscure, smooth or finely papillose dorsally; bulging papillose ventrally, 4-5 µm in diameter; costa smooth or papillose; gemmiferous leaves often abruptly constricted at apex and forming a narrow

Distribution: Pantropical

Ecology: On tree trunks, logs, rock and soil; mostly at low elevations in coastal and interior forests.

Notes: W. D. Reese "With its small obscure cells, prominent teniolae, and gemmae borne only ventrally on the often modified leaf tips, C. afzelii is very easy to identify."

Type Citation: Jahrbücher der Gewächskunde 1: 3. 1. 1818.

Type Locality: Africa

Type Collection: Afzelius s.n.

Types Deposited at: Holotype: BM, herb. Hampe

Other Published Figures: Sharp et al. 1994, Moss Flora of Mexico, fig. 156; W.D. Reese, 1993. Flora Neotropica Monographs. fig. 59, distribution fig. 58B; E. B. Bartram. 1949, Mosses of Guatamala. fig. 36 A-E, as C. donnellii); Crum & Anderson. 1981. Moss Flora of Eastern N. A. fig. 114 G-L as C. donnellii.