Campylopus tallulensis Sull. & Lesq. ex Sull.
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Authority
Frahm, Jan-Peter. 1991. Dicranaceae: Campylopodioideae, Paraleucobryoideae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 54: 1-238. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Dicranaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. U.S.A. Georgia: Tallulah Falls, Small s.n. (holotype, NY).
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Synonyms
Campylopus tequendamensis Thér.
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Description
Species Description - Plants in yellowish green to brownish green tufts. Stems to 5 cm tall, slender, equally foliate, without tomentum. Leaves about 5 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, ending in a narrow, serrate tip. Costa filling 1/2-1/3 of the leaf base, ridged at back, excurrent, in transverse section with large ventral hyalocysts occupying 1/2 the height of the section and dorsal groups of small stereids. Alar cells hardly developed. Basal laminal cells hyaline, thin-walled, rectangular, 4-10 × 13-38 nm, not differentiated at margins. Upper laminal cells short rectangular, incrassate, 3-6 × 6-13 ca. 1:4. Sporophyte not known.
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Discussion
Distribution and Ecology: On soil and tree trunks in montane forests in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, also disjunct in SE United States, in the Andes in evergreen rain forests between 2500 and 3000 m, in Mexico in pine-oak forests between 2000 and 2500 m and in the Appalachians between 100 and 1200 m.
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Distribution
Mexico North America| Durango Mexico North America| Jalisco Mexico North America| Michoacán Mexico North America| Nayarit Mexico North America| Oaxaca Mexico North America| San Luis Potosí Mexico North America| Tamaulipas Mexico North America| Veracruz Mexico North America| Guatemala Central America| Quezaltenango Guatemala Central America| Nicaragua Central America| Matagalpa Nicaragua Central America| Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Santander Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Mérida Venezuela South America| Ecuador South America| Napo Ecuador South America| Peru South America| Arequipa Peru South America| Huánuco Peru South America|