Plagiothecium neckeroideum Schimp.

Plagiothecium neckeroideum Schimp. View in CoL , Bryologia Europea 5: 194, 505, Tab. XII. 1851.

≡ Stereodon neckeroideus (Schimp.) Mitt. , Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany, Supplement 1 (2): 103. 1859 ≡ Hypnum neckeroideum (Schimp.) Lindb. , Animadversiones de Hypno elegante 28. 1867, nom. inval. Type: [ Austria], Loco praerupto umbroso ad viam supra catarractum Krimml-Fall dicta Alpinum salisburgensium, ubi. W. P. Sch. Julio 1843 detexit.

Description.

Plants large, light green to yellowish green; stems 2–4 cm long; leaves of two types: ventral and dorsal symmetrical and asymmetrical, lateral ones distinctly asymmetrical, ovate, concave, undulate, 1.5–2.8 × 0.9–1.8 mm (Fig. 13 A View Figure 13 ); apex acute; margins denticulate near the apex; laminal cells linear, 70–100 × 5–7 μm at midleaf (Fig. 13 C View Figure 13 ), cell areolation tight; decurrencies of 3–4 rows of rectangular to quadrate cells; setae 1.5–2.0 cm; capsules inclined or almost erect.

Distribution.

Asia ( Bhutan, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Taiwan, Thailand); Europe ( Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine).