Allen, B. & W.R. Buck. A new species of Pylaisia (Hypnaceae) from
Peru
Arctoa (2015) 24: 21-23
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.03
Pylaisia afoninae is described from
Peru. It is the first known dioicous species in the
genus. Additional noteworthy features of the species are its strongly concave,
long-acuminate leaves and extensively developed, opaque alar
region.