Tritomaria quinquedentata

Capsule valves vertical Medium: 1.5 - 2.5 mm wide
Shoot anisophyllous
Leaf margin entire
Leaves spreading
Vitta absent
Perianth present
Perianth long emergent
Perigynium absent
Dioicous
Leaf bases not decurrent
Leaves closely imbricate
Underleaves absent
No microphyllous branches
Shoots mainly ascending
Dark, olive green
Rhizoids scattered
Cuticle smooth
Leaves succubous
Leaves angled to stem
Lobes triangular
Sinus acute
Shoots mainly prostrate
Rhizoids colorless
Leaves secund
Divided < 0.5 leaf length
Leaves bilobed
Lobe tips acute
Oil-bodies granulose
Gemmae on leaf margins
Green to reddish brown
Cell walls unevenly thick
Trigones concave
Trigones bulging
Oil-bodies present
Oil-bodies ave 2-12/cell
Oil-bodies colorless
Shoots mostly unbranched
Leaves transverse
Oil-bodies ave 5-8/cell
Gemmae present
Gemmae red
Rhizoids prominent
Leaves trilobed
Lobes asymmetrical
Lobe tips acuminate
Lobes lanceolate
Perianth plicate
Gemmae angular/pointy
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