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NZ Plants
Calyptrochaeta brownii
Family: Daltoniaceae
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Plants growing on basalt
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Plant
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Stem, upper surface with lateral and dorsal leaves
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Stem, upper surface with lateral and dorsal leaves
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Stem, lower surface with lateral and ventral leaves
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Detached lateral leaf
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Lateral leaf, marginal cells
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Immature sporophyte plant
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The sporophyte consists of a short seta (stem) with a terminal capsule
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The seta has a rough (papilose) surface
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An immature capsule with calyptra covering
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Mature sporophyte plant
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Seta with papillae
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Mature capsule with peristome teeth
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Calyptrochaeta brownii is a small plant with flattened shoots bearing two rows of larger lateral leaves that fan out from the stem and smaller, more appressed rows of dorsal and ventral leaves. The leaf margins are weakly bordered and without teeth. The base of the capsule covering (calyptra) is symmetrically fringed (mitriform) and the capsule stalk (seta) is papillose.
Found mainly on the North Island in moist shaded sites on a wide range of substrates.
