Biogeography and integrative taxonomy of Epipterygium (Mniaceae, Bryophyta) Author Hanusch, Maximilian Edgardo M. Ortiz, & Jairo Patiño & * & Department Ecology & Ecosystem Management, Plant Biodiversity Research, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann Str. & Edgardo M. Ortiz, & Department of Biosciences, Functional Community Ecology Research Group, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Author Ortiz, Edgardo M. Edgardo M. Ortiz, & Jairo Patiño & * & Department Ecology & Ecosystem Management, Plant Biodiversity Research, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann Str. Author Patiño, Jairo * & Hanno Schaefer & Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain & * & Hanno Schaefer & Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales & Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain * Contributed equally Addresses for correspondence: Hanno Schaefer, hanno. schaefer @ tum. de; Jairo Patiño, jpatino @ ull. edu. es Author Schaefer, Hanno Edgardo M. Ortiz, & Jairo Patiño & * & Department Ecology & Ecosystem Management, Plant Biodiversity Research, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann Str. text TAXON 2020 2020-12-31 69 6 1150 1171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax.12324 journal article 10.1002/tax.12324 1996-8175 14047280 Epipterygium yunnanense Hanusch , sp. nov. – Holotype : CHINA . Yunnan Province , Tengchong Xian , Longchuan Jiang valley along roads from Qushi to Tengchong, west branch of Longchuan Jiang at Xiangyangqiao bridge ; 25 Ǫ 12′42′′N, 98 Ǫ 34′48′′E, altitude ca. 1471 m , wooded slopes above river with Alnus nepalensis and scrub, on soil on shady roadside rocks, 25 Oct 2003 , D.G. Long s.n . (E barcode E00576940! ). Diagnosis. – A large Epipterygium species with stems ranging between 7 and 9 mm in size. Dull, bluish-green or sometimes pink plants. Dorsal and ventral leaves scarcely dimorphic, dorsal leaves 1.6–2.1 mm long, ovate, acute to cuspidate, entire, non-serrate. Costa ending at half of lamina. Perichaetial leaves serrate to about half of the length, acute. Dorsal leave median cells 110–125 μm long, 25–40 μm wide, rhomboidal; 4–8 rows of linear marginal cells forming a very distinct border. Illustrated in Fig. 8 . Distribution. – Asia. China , Yunnan .