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!Brachythecium cavifolium Herzog

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/3/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 4/28/2013)

Status: endemic

country distribution: Bolivia

EcoRegions: Puna

elevation: 4500-5000

substrate: soil, rocks

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 4/28/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Humid puna; on soil and rocks. Elevation: 4600-4900 m. Endemic to the tropical Andes (Bolivia).

Brachythecium cavifolium is characterized by the julaceous and rather stiff leafy stems, broadly concave, smooth, not plicate, ovate-acute or -apiculate to ovate-short acuminate leaves, distinct decurrent leaf base, entire margins, costa ending near the leaf acumen, quadrate to rectangular alar cells extending into the decurrencies.

Specimen: BOLIVIA. La Paz: Herzog 3175 (JE).