Neckera inopinata (Neckeraceae, Bryophyta), a new species from Hunan and Zhejiang, China

Abstract

Neckera inopinata Enroth (Neckeraceae) is described as a new species from Hunan Province and Zhejiang Province, China. It can be distinguished by the following suite of characters: plants of relatively small stature; leaves variably undulate, shortly decurrent, ovate-lingulate to ovate; costa reaching to midleaf or above; leaf margins very sharply serrulate; and upper laminal cells solid-walled. An identification key to the species of Neckera s.l. in China is provided.