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Published In: Index Bryologicus 131. 1894. (Index Bryol.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Project Data     (Last Modified On 4/28/2013)
country distribution: Bolivia
EcoRegions: Puna
elevation: 3500-4000, 4000-4500, 4500-5000
substrate: soil, rocks
frequency: rare

Notes     (Last Modified On 4/28/2013)
Notes:
Ecology: Humid puna; in wet habitats, on rocks and humic soil. Elevation: 3570-4900 m. Distribution: Bolivia, Chile, Antarctica and associated islands.
 
Brachythecium austrosalebrosum is characterized by the tufted leafy stems, strongly concave, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate leaves, abrupt to gradual short acuminate or cuspidate apex, numerous, quadrate to rectangular alar cells, autoicous sexual condition, and smooth seta. Cirriphyllum laevifolium Herzog is a synonym.

 

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Brachythecium austrosalebrosum (Müll. Hal.) Paris, Index Bryol. 131. 1894. Hypnum austrosalebrosum Müll. Hal., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 5: 82. 1883. Type: Kerguelen Island.

Cirriphyllum laevifolium Herzog, Biblioth. Bot. 87: 162. 1916. Type: Bolivia: An Felsen beim Huaillattanisee (Quimzacruz), ca. 4900 m, Herzog 2969. Fide Ochyra (1999 Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 44: 517-519).

 

 


 

 
 
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