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!Acidodontium sprucei (Mitt.) A. Jaeger

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/30/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 4/23/2013)

Status: endemic

country distribution: Ecuador, Bolivia, NW Argentina

EcoRegions: Páramo, Montane Forest

elevation: 1500-2000, 2000-2500, 2500-3000, 3000-3500

substrate: shrubs, treelets and trees

frequency: infrequent

Notes (Last Modified On 4/23/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Montane forest to shrubby páramo; epiphytic. Elevation: 1540-3080 m (Ecuador: 1540-3080 m, Bolivia: 1540-2400 m, Argentina: ca. 1500 m). Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes.

Acidodontium sprucei is distinguished by the robust plants to 3 cm, rather thick, oblong-lanceolate leaves to 5.3 mm, acuminate apex (often as a capillary apiculus), reflexed below, plane above, ± entire to crenulate margin, indistinct to distinct border of 1-2 rows of elongate cells, slender costa usually ending well below the apex, porose, hexagonal to hexagonal-rhomboidal cells, 20-25 µm wide, setae to 23 mm long, clavate capsules to 10 mm long, distich long neck (± equal the urn length), ± hemispherical operculum. Brachymenium macropoma (Müll. Hal.) Paris is a synonym.