Ecology: Upper montane to páramo; moist or wet habitats, on humus, leaf litter, and soil. Elevation: 2555-4240 m (Venezuela: ?m, Colombia: 2555-4100 m, Ecuador: 3150-4240 m, Peru: 3400 m). Distribution: Colombia to Peru, also Central America.
One of the largest species of Breutelia in the tropical Andes, with ovate-lanceolate leaves to 8 mm long, gradually slenderly acuminate, laminal cells porose, and thin-walled alar cells in several rows. Synonyms include Breutelia falcatula Broth. & Irmsch. in Irmsch. and Breutelia rhytidioides H. A. Crum in Mägd.