Group: Moss Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, upper, cases, 1

Authors:

Crum, Howard Alvin

Published In: Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 77: 249. f. 12. 1994. (J. Hattori Bot. Lab.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Ecuador. "Loja: Loma de Oro, between Loja and Saraguro, just below short-wave relay tower on access road with entrance 10 km S of Saraguro, cloud forest at 3350 m."

Collector and Number: William C. Steere & Henrik Balslev 25904

Institution(s): Holotype: MICH; isotype: NY

Note: Paratypes cited

Type Specimens

• T: William C. Steere & Henrik Balslev 25904; ; Ecuador. "Loja: Loma de Oro, between Loja and Saraguro, just below short-wave relay tower on access road with entrance 10 km S of Saraguro, cloud forest at 3350 m." Paratypes cited

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• subkingdom:  Bryobiotina Trevis.
• division:  Bryophyta Schimp.
• subdivision:  Sphagnophytina Doweld
• class:  Sphagnopsida Schimp.
• order:  Sphagnales Limpr.
• family:  Sphagnaceae Dumort.
• genus:  Sphagnum L.

Conservation Status:

• NE - Not Evaluated - Global
  • Reference León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador, 2 ed. 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.

Projects: Andean Bryo

Keywords: 11, 93, MOSS, RLM165