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Cyrtopus setosus is a robust and very handsome epiphyte found in New Zealand forests. It is the only species in the genus and the sole member of the small family Cyrtopodaceae found here. The type of C. setosus was collected in 1791 by Archibald Menzies at Dusky Bay, Fiordland, during the Vancouver Expedition. Although it is a relatively common plant in Fiordland and through much of Southland L.D., it occurs most abundantly in Beilschmiedia tawa dominated forests on the North I. It most often forms extensive and pendent mats with gracefully curved branches on smooth barked tree trunks; occasionally it occurs on vertical rock faces. Although it has been recorded from mainland Australia, Tasmania, and a few localities in the Pacific, these records of C. setosus are inadequately documented and doubtful. The closest allies of Cyrtopus setosus are the two species of the related and predominantly Malesian genus Bescherellia. However, in a N.Z. context, C. setosus is more likely to be confused with the unrelated epiphyte Cryptopodium bartramioides. Cyrtopus setosus plants are more compact than those of Cryptopodium bartramioides, with shorter, broader, and more abruptly tapered leaves. The marginal teeth in C. setosus are single and the laminal cells of its leaf base are dimorphic and subtly striate. Collectively, these features amply serve to differentiate Cyrtopus setosus from Cryptopodium bartramioides.
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