Plagiothecium rossicum Ignatov & Ignatova

Wolski, Grzegorz J., 2025, The genus Plagiothecium (Plagiotheciaceae) in Europe — current state of knowledge, checklist and key to taxa, PhytoKeys 253, pp. 67-102 : 67-102

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.253.142268
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14968398
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9CBD38AE-BF45-5DF2-B513-D26BD56E780C
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scientific name	Plagiothecium rossicum Ignatov & Ignatova
status

Treatment

Plagiothecium rossicum Ignatov & Ignatova View in CoL , Arctoa 28: 33. 2019.

Type material.

Holotype: Russia, Pskov Province, Nevel’sk Distr., vicinities of Ustavnoe Settl. (near Yazno Lake) , pine forest, at base of pine trunk, 26. IX. 2001, Zolotov P 504 , MHA 9041611 About MHA .

Description.

Plants small, light green; stems 0.6–1 cm long; leaves forming 40–100 ° angle with stem, distinctly complanate, spreading, asymmetrical, ovate-lanceolate, 0.7–1.6 × 0.3–0.6 mm (Fig. 11 C View Figure 11 ); the apex acute to acuminate; margins flat, denticulate or not near the apex; laminal cells narrow, 70–130 × 6–7 μm at midleaf (Fig. 11 AF), cell areolation tight; decurrencies of 2–3 rows of rectangular cells; setae 1.0 cm, capsules more or less slightly inclined.

Distribution.

Asia ( Russian Federation); Europe ( Poland), but the range of this taxon still requires research.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Bryophyta
Class	Bryopsida
Order	Hypnales
Family	Plagiotheciaceae
Genus	Plagiothecium
Section	Leptophyllum