Octoblepharum

Hedwig

Sp. Musc. Frond., 50. 1801 ,.

Etymology: Greek okto, eight, and blepharis, eyelash, alluding to peristome teeth
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 664. Mentioned on page 440, 663.

Plants small, densely to loosely cespitose. Stems erect. Leaves crowded, erect to spreading-recurved, weakly bordered with elongate hyaline cells; chlorophyllose cells in a single layer; costa absent. Peristome with prostome present.

Distribution

Worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions.

Discussion

Species ca. 15 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.