Tropicos | Name - !Bryum soboliferum Taylor

Andean Bryo > Bryaceae > Bryum > Bryum soboliferum

Choose Project down

English

!Bryum soboliferum Taylor

Search in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Search in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National Herbarium

Search in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical Garden

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

Acceptance : Accepted

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

EcoRegions: Puna, Montane Forest

elevation: 2500-3000, 3000-3500, 3500-4000, 4000-4500

substrate: soil

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 10/12/2009)

Notes:

Ecology: Open montane to humid puna; on soil. Elevation: 2700-4400 m (Ecuador: ? m, Peru: 3600-4400 m, Bolivia 2700-3080 m). Distribution: Mexico, tropical Andes (Ecuador to Bolivia).

Bryum soboliferum is characterized by the lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate leaves (to 2 mm long), gradually long acuminate apex, recurved margin below, weak border (1 row of linear cells), and subpercurrent costa, generally ending below the acumen. The distinctive feature is the leaf apex.

Specimens: ECUADOR. Pichincha: Jameson 151 (H). PERU. Cusco: P. & E. Hegewald 5888 (MO); Junín: P. & E. Hegewald 5888 (MO). BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Hermann 25165 (MO).