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Published In: Annales Botanici Fennici 14: 196. 1977. (Ann. Bot. Fenn.) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/27/2009)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 4/18/2013)
Status: endemic
country distribution: Ecuador
EcoRegions: Montane Forest
elevation: 2500-3000
substrate: treelets and trees
frequency: rare

Notes     (Last Modified On 4/18/2013)
Notes:
Ecology: Montane forest; on branches of treelets, in association with Lindigia and Streptopogon. Elevation: 2770 m. Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes (Ecuador).
 
Simply stated, this is the most elegant moss of the tropical Andes.
 
Specimen: ECUADOR. Azuay: in sylva Llallaad pedem occid. monte Azuay, 9000 ped., Spruce 467 (NY, holotype; isotype NY).

 

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Plants to 25 mm tall. Leaves elongate-spathulate, to 5 mm long; marginal cilia 2 or more times longer than the width of the leaf lamina. Sporophytes immersed. Setae 0.3-0.8 mm long. Capsules ovoid-elliptical, 1-2 mm long.
 
 
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