Tropicos | Name - !Brachymitrion jamesonii Taylor

Andean Bryo > Splachnaceae > Brachymitrion > Brachymitrion jamesonii

Choose Project down

English

!Brachymitrion jamesonii Taylor

Search in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Search in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National Herbarium

Search in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical Garden

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/27/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 4/18/2013)

country distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna, Montane Forest

elevation: 2500-3000, 3000-3500, 3500-4000, 4000-4500

substrate: rocks, leaf litter / humus, logs, treelets and trees

frequency: infrequent

Notes (Last Modified On 4/18/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Upper montane to shrubby páramo and puna; on humus, occasionally on logs, rocks, trunk and branches of trees. Elevation: 2770-4200 m (Venezuela: 2900-3300 m, Colombia: 3200-3700 m, Ecuador: 2770-4200 m, Peru: 2770-3950 m, Bolivia: 2800-3480 m). Distribution: Central America and tropical Andes.

Brachymitrion jamesonii is distinguished by the yellow or golden colored marginal border, and exserted capsule, with the seta mostly 2.5 more times the length of the urn.