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NZ Plants
Chiastocaulon conjugatum (Plagiochilion conjugatum)
Family: Plagiochilaceae
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Plants
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Shoots
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Base of shoots with descending stolons
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Shoot tip, compactly arranged leaves with toothed margins
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Lower down the shoot, spread, opposite leaves
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Lower down the shoot, ventral surface of leaves
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Shoot with androecia (male reproductive structures)
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Androecia with protective scales that surround antheridia
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A developing sporophyte with capsule (black) surrounded by leaves.
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Emergent sporophyte with unopened capsule
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Plants with attached sporophytes
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Chiastocaulon conjugatum forms loose patches of large, robust and erect plants with opposite and almost circular, yellow-brown leaves. Leaves are near vertical when dry but spreading when moist and margins have jagged teeth. Underleaves are not developed to a visible size in this genus.
Found throughout New Zealand on trees and logs in moist forest often as an epiphyte
