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!Campylopus amboroensis Thér.

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/2/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 2/18/2013)

Status: endemic

EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna, Montane Forest

elevation: 1500-2000, 3500-4000, 4000-4500, 4500-5000

substrate: soil, rocks

frequency: infrequent

Notes (Last Modified On 2/18/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: High open montane to páramo and puna, apparently to low montane; exposed moist or wet sites, on soil and rocks. Elevation: (1700)3575-4650 m (Venezuela: ? m, Colombia: 3575-4300 m, Ecuador: 4100 m, Peru: 4000-4400 m, Bolivia: (1700)4000-4650 m). Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes.

Campylopus amboroensis is characterized by the equally foliate leaves, hyaline, serrate tipped leaves, ventral hyalocysts, thick-walled oblong-oval upper cells, elongate thin-walled basal cells and the absence of alar cells. The type of this species is from Cerro Amboró. Oddly the elevation of this locality is much lower than all other records from the tropical Andes including Bolivia which are above 3500 m.

Specimens: VENEZUELA. Mérida: Gonzales P. 29 (FLAS). COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: Cleef 4090 (MO, NY); Magdalena: Cuatrecasas 24570 (NY). ECUADOR. Napo: Løjtnant & Molau 11556 (MO). BOLIVIA. La Paz: Lewis 87-233 (LPB, MO, USZ); Santa Cruz: Herzog 273 (JE, PC, S).