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!Breutelia austro-arcuata (Müll. Hal.) Paris

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Project Data (Last Modified On 10/4/2009)

EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna, Montane Forest

elevation: 1000-1500, 1500-2000, 2000-2500, 2500-3000, 3000-3500, 3500-4000, 4000-4500, 4500-5000

substrate: soil, leaf litter / humus

frequency: common

Notes (Last Modified On 10/4/2009)

Notes:

Ecology: Montane to páramo and humid puna; often in wet or boggy habitats, on humus and soil. Elevation: 1000-4550 m (Colombia: ? m, Peru: 3370-4550 m, Bolivia: 1450-4440 m, Argentina: 1000 m). Distribution: Mexico, Central America, Colombia to Argentina.

Breutelia austro-arcuata is characterized by the wide spreading leaf limbs when dry, appressed leaf base, short and rather lax cells forming sulcate pockets at the top of the expanded leaf base, and 5-7 rows of enlarged alar cells.

Specimens: COLOMBIA. Boyacá: Cleef 7055 (COL, FLAS); Cundinamarca; Linares C. & Bulla 221 (COL, FLAS). BOLIVIA. Chuquisaca: Lozano et al. 1732 (HSB, LPB, MO, USZ); Cochabamba: Churchill et al. 24795 (LPB, MO, RB, USZ).