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!Bryum imbricatum (Schwägr.) Bruch & Schimp.

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/12/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 10/12/2009)

EcoRegions: Puna

elevation: 3000-3500, 3500-4000, 4000-4500, 4500-5000

substrate: soil

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 10/12/2009)

Notes:

Ecology: Semi-dry to humid puna, on soil. Elevation: ca. 3000 to 4800 m (Argentina ca. 3000 m, Bolivia: 4400-4800 m). Distribution: At high latitudes of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, in South America from Bolivia and Uruguay to Chile and Argentina.

Bryum imbricatum is similar to B. algovicum, differing mainly in sporophytic features according to Ochi (1980), including a synoicous sexual state, hemispheric and apiculate operculum, exostome free from the endostome, cross walls absent on inner surface of the exostome, and the narrowly perforate endstomal segments. This species was treated by Ochi (1980: 144) as Bryum amblyodon Müll. Hal.;

Specimens: ARGENTINA. Tucumán: 4-6 April 1872, Lorentz (NY). BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Herzog 4895 (JE; Ochi 1980: 144); La Paz: Buchtien 27 (JE; Ochi 1980: 144).