Cryptocolea imbricata R. M. Schuster
Stems
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Dorsal view vegetative portion of stem. Erect, imbricate, antically secund leaves forming a dorsal keel.
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Habit, showing erect appices and rhizoids.
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Vegetative stem, dorsal view (left). Leaves below gynoecium, oblique dorsal view (right).
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Dorsal leaf insertion (left). Note short decurrency forming recurved margin. Leaves removed (right).
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Lateral leaf insertion, leaf removed (left). Ventral leaf insertion (right).
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Ventral view of branches subtending gynoecium (left). Lateral view of branch (right).
Copyright 2001, Bryophyte Flora of North America
All linked photographic images copyright 2001, Steven
L. Jessup