Tropicos | Name - !Brachythecium rivularioides (Müll. Hal.) Paris

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!Brachythecium rivularioides (Müll. Hal.) Paris

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

Acceptance : Accepted

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

country distribution: Bolivia

EcoRegions: Puna

elevation: 3000-3500

substrate: rocks

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 4/28/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Prepuna or semihumid puna; on rocks along stream. Elevation: 3130 m. Distribution: Central Bolivia to northwest Argentina.

Brachythecium rivularoides is characterized by the straight, deeply concave, ovate leaves, short, acute apex, fusiform upper laminal cells, apical cell of apex smaller than those below, numerous and lax quadrate alar cells that gradually grade into the basal cells. The plants are similar to B. plumosum. The type collection is from Cordoba, Argentina, collected by Lorentz in 1871.