Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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PLAGIOTHECIACEAE
   
In Tasmania, the Plagiotheciaceae is a family of mosses represented by a single species, Plagiothecium lamprostachys (previously P. denticulatum).

P. lamprostachys is a reasonably common epiphyte in wet forest and rainforest.  Characteristically, the leaves of P. lamprostachys are asymmetrical and have a short forked nerve. It otherwise resembles some members of the Brachytheciaceae.

 
 
 
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