Tropicos | Name - !Chryso-hypnum elegantulum (Hook.) Hampe

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!Chryso-hypnum elegantulum (Hook.) Hampe

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/18/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 4/3/2013)

EcoRegions: Montane Forest, Amazon (incl. Llanos)

elevation: 0-500, 500-1000, 1000-1500, 1500-2000

substrate: soil, rocks, logs

frequency: common

Notes (Last Modified On 4/3/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Mostly associated with premontane to base montane forest; on logs, humus and soil covered rocks. Elevation: 315-1970 m (Venezuela: ? m, Colombia: 315-950 m, Peru: 800-1300 m, Bolivia: 370-1970 m). Distribution: Apparently widespread in the Neotropics.

Chryso-hypnum elegantulum is characterized by the rather robust plants, crowded leafy stem, curved-acuminate leaves; alar cells only weakly differentiated with short-rectangular cells, and seta often more than 2 cm long.