Plagiothecium succulentum var. cryptarum (Renauld & Hérib. in Héribaud) G . J. Wolski

Plagiothecium succulentum var. cryptarum (Renauld & Hérib. in Héribaud) G. J. Wolski comb. nov.

≡ Plagiothecium denticulatum var. cryptarum Renauld & Hérib. View in CoL in Héribaud, Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres et Arts de Clermont-Ferrand, Deuxième Série 14: 229, 1899 ≡ Plagiothecium sylvaticum var. cryptarum (Renauld & Hérib.) P. Syd. View in CoL , Botanischer Jahresbericht 27 (1): 200. 1904 ≡ Plagiothecium roeseanum fo. cryptarum (Renauld & Hérib.) Jedl., Spisy Vydávané Přírodovĕdeckou Fakultou Masarykovy University 308: 37. 1948. Type: [ France,] Central, près I’hôtel de Cournillou, Vallée de la Rue, sur le sol d’une grotte, Aug. 1894 & 1895, J. Héribaud. Lectotype (designated here): PC 0132577! Isolectotypes: PC 0132578!, PC 0132579!, PC 0132580!, PC 0132581!, PC 0132582!, PC 0132586!

= Plagiothecium succulentum var. longifolium fo. splendens Mönk., Die Laubmoose Europas 863. 1927. Lectotype (designated here): [ Germany.] Kreuzenberg, bei Nieder Feer. Juli 1908, W. Mönkemeyer, JE 04004213 ! syn. nov.

Description.

Plants medium-sized to large, dark golden to golden brown; stems to 3–5 cm long; leaves spreading, not overlapping, in dry condition not shrunken, complanate, symmetrical or almost symmetrical, lanceolate, 1.9–3.5 × 0.6–1.0 mm (Fig. 5 C View Figure 5 ); apex acuminate, filiform, and not denticulate; laminal cells 150–260 × 16–22 μm at mid-leaf (Fig. 5 F View Figure 5 ), cell areolation loose; decurrencies of 2–3 rows of rectangular cells; capsule unknown so far.

Distribution.

Europe ( France, Germany), but the range of this taxon still requires research.