8. Bryoerythrophyllum wallichii (Mitt.) P.C. Chen 东亚红叶藓 dong-ya hong-ye xian
Hedwigia 80: 260. 1941. Didymodon wallichii (Mitt.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(3): 405. 1902. Desmatodon wallichii Mitt., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. Suppl. 1: 38. 1859. Syntypes. Sikkim: J. D. Hooker 167; Nepal: Wallich s.n.; Himalaya boreali-occident, T. Thomson 137.
Barbula zygodontifolia Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. ser. 3: 99. 1896. Type. China: Shaanxi (Schen-si), Kuan-tou Shan (Mt.), P. J. Giraldi 855.
Bryoerythrophyllum atrorubens (Besch.) P.C. Chen, Hedwigia 80: 262. 1941. Didymodon atrorubens (Besch.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(3) 405. 1902. Trichostomum atrorubens Besch., Rev. Bryol. 18: 88. 1891. Syntypes. China: Yunnan, between Hokin and Tali, Delavay 1631, 3965, 4132.
Plants small, ca. 1 cm high, yellowish green to brownish, in dense tufts. Stems erect, simple or branched; central strand present. Leaves oblong-elliptic to ligulate, obtusely pointed or apiculate at the apex; lower margins entire, somewhat recurved, upper margins more or less plane, distantly denticulate, marginal cells of 4–5 rows, thick-walled, yellowish, forming a distinctly differentiated border; costa strong, percurrent; upper leaf cells quadrate to hexagonal, with multiple rounded or C-shaped papillae; basal cells rectangular, hyaline, forming a distinctly differentiated leaf base. Dioicous. Setae ca. 1 cm long; capsules erect, long-cylindrical; opercula obliquely long-rostrate.