familyMeesiaceae
genusAmblyodon
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Amblyodon
Mag. Encycl. 5: 323. 1804.
Etymology: Greek amblys, blunt, obtuse, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome
Leaves loosely erect to erect-spreading, not 3-ranked, narrowly oblong; margins plane; laminal cells oblong-rhombic to oblong-hexagonal, surface not bulging, smooth, walls thin, lax; basal cells same size as distal cells.
Distribution
North America, Europe, Asia.
Discussion
Species 1.
Amblyodon is characteristically found in calcareous fens and meadows.
Selected References
None.