Campylopus jamesonii (Hook.) A.Jaeger

  • Authority

    Frahm, Jan-Peter. 1991. Dicranaceae: Campylopodioideae, Paraleucobryoideae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 54: 1-238. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Dicranaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Campylopus jamesonii (Hook.) A.Jaeger

  • Type

    Type. Ecuador, "in monte Surruchcho," Jameson s.n. (not seen).

  • Synonyms

    Campylopus altissimus (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger, Campylopus standleyi Bartl., Dicranum jamesonii Hook., Dicranum altissimum Müll.Hal.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants large, Dicranum-like, to 10 cm high, in shiny, light-green mats. Stems equally and loosely foliate with patent leaves which are crisped when dry. Leaves 1 cm long, from decurrent base gradually long- and fine-acuminate, serrate at margins in the upper third. Costa broad, filling 2/3 of the leaf width, in transverse section with large ventral hyalocysts and dorsal groups of stereids, smooth at back. Alar cells reddish brown or rarely hyaline, decurrent and protruding into the costa. Basal laminal cells thin-walled, hyaline, 10-16 × 80-96 µm, rectangular. Upper laminal cells short rectangular, small and opaque, 6-10 × 6-13 µm, arranged in distinct rows. Sporophyte not seen.

  • Discussion

    Distribution and Ecology: On soil, litter and, rarely, rotten trunks in subalpine forests and shrubs between 2700 and 3700 m, rarely below (as 1200 m in Costa Rica) through the Andes from Mexico and Guatemala to Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia to northern Argentina, disjunct in SE Brazil. Also in corresponding habitats and elevations in Africa (Cameroun, Tanzania, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenia, Réunion, Malagasy, Mozambique, S Rhodesia, Malawi, Transvaal), where this species has been described and recorded as C. procerus (C. Müll.) Par. and C. echernieri Besch.

  • Distribution

    Mexico North America| Oaxaca Mexico North America| Costa Rica South America| San José Costa Rica Central America| Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Boyacá Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Meta Colombia South America| Santander Colombia South America|