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Published In: Journal de Botanique (Morot) 5: 252. 1891. (J. Bot. (Morot)) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 4/20/2014)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 10/4/2017)
Plant Category: Mosses
country distribution: Bolivia
EcoRegions: Montane Forest, Chaco
elevation: 500-1000
substrate: treelets and trees
frequency: rare

Notes     (Last Modified On 10/4/2017)
Notes:
Ecology: Tucuman-Bolivian montane forest and probably mixed with Chaco Serrano elements; on trunk of trees. Elevation: 585 m. Distribution: Bolivia, primarily southern Brazil and Paraguay, also northernmost Brazil and Guyana.
 
Ecología: Bosque montano Tucumano-boliviano y probablemente mezclado con elementos del Chaco Serrano. Elevación: 585 m. Distribución: Bolivia, principalmente sur de Brasil y Paraguay, también extremo norte de Brasil y Guyana.
 
Fissidens brevipes is characterized by plants to ca. 5 mm, oblong leaves 0.6-0.8 mm, bluntly acute apices, unbordered, crenulate margins, vaginant laminae ca. 2/3 leaf length and mostly equal, dorsal laminae ending above insertion, subpercurent costa (ending ca. 15 cells below leaf apex) with laminal cells covering ca. 1/4 of the distal costa, and firm-walled, pluripapillose laminal cells. The feature most distinctive to this species is the obscured distal costa covered by laminal cells. This species should be found in the Bolivian Chaco region; it is known from this region in Paraguay. Fissidens brevipes is a new record for Bolivia.
 
Fissidens brevipes se caracteriza por las plantas hasta ca. 5 mm, hojas oblongas 0.6-0.8 mm, ápices obtusamente agudos, sin borde, márgenes crenulados, lámina vaginante ca. 2/3 de la longitud de la hoja y generalmente igual, lámina dorsal terminando encima de la inserción, costa subpercurrente (terminando ca. 15 células debajo del ápice de la hoja) con células de la lámina cubriendo ca. 1/4 distal de la costa, células de la lámina pluripapilosas y con paredes firmes. La característica más distintiva de esta especie la porción distal de la costa escondida, cubierta por células de la lámina. Esta especie puede ser encontrada en la región del Chaco de Bolivia; ha sido observada en esta región de Paraguay. Fissidens brevipes es un nuevo registro para Bolivia.

 
 


 

 
 
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