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Published In: Bryologia Europaea 6: 8 (fasc. 52–54 Monogr. 4). 1853. (Bryol. Eur.) Name publication detail
 

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country distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna, Montane Forest
elevation: 1000-1500, 1500-2000, 2000-2500, 2500-3000, 3000-3500, 3500-4000
substrate: soil, rocks
frequency: common

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Ecology: Open and forested montane to páramo and shrubby humid puna; typically associated with moist or wet habitats, e.g., streams, on rocks, occasionally on soil. Elevation: 1100-3800 m (Venezuela: 2000-3600 m, Colombia: 1150-3400 m, Ecuador: 2200-3350 m, Peru: 2700-3100 m, Bolivia: 1100-3800 m). Distribution: Mexico and West Indies to Argentina and Chile, widespread in the North Temperate region.
 
Brachythecium plumosum is distinguished by the often golden or dark green plants, ± homomallous arranged leaves that are mostly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, short (blunt), apiculate acute apex, short linear to fusiform median laminal cells, and papillose above, smooth below seta. Synonyms include Amblystegium loeskei Herzog, Brachythecium asperulum (Hampe) A. Jaeger, B. bolivioplumosum Müll. Hal., B. chrysocladon (Hampe) A. Jaeger, B. cochleare Müll. Hal., and B. laevifolium (Mitt.) A. Jaeger.
 
Specimens: VENEZUELA. Sucre: Steyermark 62740 (F, FH); Trujillo: Griffin & López F. PV-1280, 1280-A (FLAS). COLOMBIA. Cauca: Churchill & Betancur 17973 (HUA, NY); Valle: Churchill et al. 15365, 15375 (CUVC, NY, TENN). ECUADOR. Pichincha: Fransén 36363 (FLAS), Spruce 1393 (BM, FH, NY), 1393-B (BM, H, NY).

 

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Brachythecium plumosum (Hedw.) Schimp. in Bruch, Schimp. & W. Gümbel, Bryol. Eur. 6: 537. 1853. Hypnum plumosum Hedw., Sp. Musc. Frond. 257. 1801. Type: Europe.

Hypnum meridense Müll. Hal., Linnaea 19: 220. 1847. Brachythecium meridense (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1876-77: 327. 1878. Type: Venezuela. Meridae, Moritz s.n. (BM, lectotype).

Hypnum asperulum Hampe, Linnaea 32: 159. 1863. Brachythecium asperulum (Hampe) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1876-77: 332. 1878. Type: Colombia. Bogota Los Laches ad rivulos, 2800 metr., Jun 1860, Lindig 2077 (BM, lectotype; isolectotypes FH, US). Paratype: Colombia. Cundinamarca, Chapinero, 2700 m, Lindig 2048 (BM, H-BR, S).

Hypnum chrysocladon Hampe, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5,5: 341. 1866. Brachythecium chrysocladon (Hampe) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1876-77: 338. 1878. Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca, Bogotam, (BM). The protologue states “2600 met., sterile leg. Cuervo ” which is not present on the label.

Hypnum laevifolium Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 565. 1869. Brachythecium laevifolium (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca, Boqueron, prope Bogota (8600 ped.), Weir 295 (NY, lectotype; isolectotypes BM, S).

Brachythecium bolivioplumosum Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. s. 4: 154. 1897. Type: Bolivia. Germain 1155 (FI, lectotype)

Brachythecium cochleare Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. s. 4: 155. 1897. Type: Bolivia. Provincia Cochabamba, prop. Choquecamata, 1889, Germain 1169 (FI, lectotype).

 

 
 


 

 
 
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