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!Bryum muehlenbeckii Bruch & Schimp.

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/14/2009)

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Project Data (Last Modified On 10/14/2009)

EcoRegions: Páramo, Montane Forest

elevation: 2500-3000, 3000-3500, 3500-4000

substrate: soil, rocks

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 10/14/2009)

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Ecology: Open montane to páramo; in wet habitats, on soil and rocks. Elevation: 2600-3950 m (Ecuador: 3950 m, Peru: 2600 m). Distribution: Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, tropical Andes, Africa and Australia.

Bryum muehlenbeckii is characterized by the oblong to oblong-ovate leaves, broadly acute to round leaf apex, entire, weakly reflexed margins, strong percurrent to short excurrent costa, firm to ± thick-walled laminal cells,short rhomboidal to hexagonal upper cells and short rectangular basal cells.

Specimens: ECUADOR. Azuay: Lewis 78-2436 (MO). PERU. Cajamarca: P. & E. Hegewald 6229 (MO); Huancavelica: P. & E. Hegewald 5800 (MO).