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Published In: Journal of Science and the Arts 2(3): 144. 1816. (J. Sci. Arts (London)) Name publication detail
 

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Tayloria is a complex genus presently divided into five subgenera. The genus is heterogeneous and there is so much variation present within Tayloria that it is difficult to characterize. The subgenera, however, are internally united and separated from one another by a suite of peristome, capsule (hypophysis and exothecial cell form), and spore characters. In addition, because they are found on different substrates and in different regions of the world generic recognition of the subgenera should be considered (see A. Koponen 1982, 1983).

Tayloria chiapensis Crum has recently been collected in Costa Rica (San José: Holz & Schäfer-Verwimp CR99-1054 (GOET, MO); it is otherwise known only from Mexico. Tayloria chiapensis differs from T. scabriseta in having coarsely and irregularly dentate upper leaf margins and awned leaves with excurrent costae.

 

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Tayloria Hook., J. Sci. Arts (London) 2: 144. 1816. 

Plants medium-sized, densely caespitose. Stems erect, central strand present, tomentose below; rhizoids reddish brown, branched, finely papillose. Leaves larger and more crowded above, erect-spreading when moist, decurrent, lanceolate, lingulate or ovate; apex acute, acuminate or obtuse; margins toothed or entire, plane above, recurved below; costa single, subpercurrent, or excurrent. Autoicous or dioicous. Setae single or multiple, straight or twisted, mammillose or smooth. Capsules erect, urn short-cylindrical, brown; hypophysis elongate, broader or of same diameter as the urn, longitudinally ridged, folded; stomata present; columella exserted or not at maturity; peristome single, peristome teeth 8, 16, or 32, recurved when dry or more or less erect. Calyptrae connate, mitrate, constricted at base, smooth or hairy.

 
 
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