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NZ Plants
Balantiopsis diplophylla var hockenii
Family: Balantiopsaceae
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Plants
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Dorsal (upper) surface of shoot with bi-lobed leaves
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Each bilobed leaf consists of a large, spreading ventral lobe and a smaller erect dorsal lobe.
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Ventral (lower) surface of shoot with small underleaves
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Underleaves
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Marsupium (pouch-like structure that bears the sporophyte)
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Balantiopsis diplophylla var hockenii has prostrate to erect many-branched stems. The leaves have a distinctive pale green to light brown colour and are sharply folded. The upper fold is much smaller, lying near the base of the larger main lower lamina; margins bear cilia but relatively few especially on the upper lobe compared to the type variety. The underleaves are bifid (2-lobes) and are smaller and more deeply bifid than in var. diplophylla.
Endemic to New Zealand, found in damp to relatively dry sites often near streams.
