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Leucobryaceae
Sign in to saveLeucobryaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 166
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Leucobryaceae
- Collections
- MEL, FLAS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UEG, BUF
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Brasil, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dicranales
- Image
- Leucobryum.glaucum.2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Leucobryaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Leucobryaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Leucobryaceae
- taxon common name
- 白发藓科
- taxon author citation
- Schimp.
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Encyclopedic overview
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Leucobryaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales.
==Description== Members of the family grow small to large cushions. Species are characterized by having thick, whitish leaves with a large, expanded costa. It has been suggested that the characteristic pale color exhibited by some species is caused by air bubbles in the leucocysts, and the presence of air in the leaf is assumed characteristic of the Leucobryaceae.
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