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Published In: London Journal of Botany 5: 455. 16H. 1846. (London J. Bot.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Project Data     (Last Modified On 4/23/2013)
Status: endemic
country distribution: Ecuador, Peru
EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna, Montane Forest
elevation: 500-1000, 3000-3500, 3500-4000
substrate: shrubs, treelets and trees
frequency: rare

Notes     (Last Modified On 4/23/2013)
Notes:
Ecology: Montane forest to shrubby páramo and humid puna; epiphytic. Elevation: 500?-3600 m (Ecuador: 3450 m, Peru: 500-3600 m). Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes.
 
Acidodontium subrotundum is characterized by the rather strongly crispate (when dry), oblong leaves to 2 mm, short acuminate apices, reflexed to recurved margins from mid leaf to base, distally entire or crenulate, long excurrent apices, small hexagonal to rhomboidal upper median cells, slender seta to 35 mm, pyriforme capsules to 3 mm with short or inconspicuous neck, sub-hemispheric, apiculate operculum. Bryum taylorii Müll. Hal. is a synonym.

 

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Acidodontium subrotundum (Taylor) Hook.f. & Wilson, London J. Bot. 5: 455. 16H. 1846. Brachymenium subrotundum Taylor, London J. Bot. 5: 56. 1846. Bryum subrotundum (Taylor) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 287. 1869, nom. illeg. Type: Ecuador. On Pichincha, near Quito, Feb 1826, Jameson.

Bryum taylorii Müll. Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 264. 1848. Type: Ecuador. In monte Pichincha Andium pr. Quito, 1826, Jameson s.n.

 

 


 

 
 
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