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!Brachythecium chocayae 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: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna, Montane Forest

elevation: 2500-3000, 3000-3500

substrate: soil, rocks

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 4/28/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Upper montane to páramo and humid puna; on soil and rocks. Elevation: 2800-3400 m (Colombia: 3550 m, Ecuador: ?m, Peru: 3200-3400 m, Bolivia: 2800-3750 m). Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes (Colombia to Bolivia).

Brachythecium chocayae is characterized by the plicate, ovate-lanceolate leaves, slender and twisted apex, short decurrent base, entire below, serrulate distally, costa extending to midleaf, few and small alar cells, autoicous or synoicous sexual condition, and seta with low papillae thoughout. The original collections (syntypes) were all made in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba, from Chocayatal and Quebrada Pocona by Herzog.

Specimens: COLOMBIA. Boyacá: Cleef & Florschütz 5728 (FLAS); Cundinamarca: Cleef & Huber 4819 (FLAS). ECUADOR. Loja: Steere & Balslev 25962 (FLAS). BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Herzog 3616 (JE); La Paz: Lewis 87-1923 (LPB).