Rhynchostegiopsis tunguraguana (Mitt.) Broth.

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)

  • Family

    Leucomiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rhynchostegiopsis tunguraguana (Mitt.) Broth.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants rather more robust than R. flexuosa. Stems about 4 mm wide (with leaves). Leaves crowded, somewhat complanate, not or shghtiy falcate at tips, 2.5 mm long, oblong-ovate, acuminate; margins coarsely serrate above the middle; cells linear, thin-walled, laxer toward the leaf base.

  • Discussion

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    R. tunguraguana (Mitt.) Broth. inE.& P., Nat. Pfl. 1(3): 1235. 1909.

    Stereodon tunguraguanus Mitt., J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 12: 534 1869.

    Rhynchostegiopsis lutescens Britt. ex Broth, in E. & P, Nat. Pfl. (ed. 2)11:263. 1925.

    R. planifolia Crum & Bartr., Bull. Inst. Jamaica 8:55.1958, nom. illeg. incl. sp. prior.

    Philophyllum tenuifolium (Mitt.) Broth, has been found in Guatemala as a disjunct from Brazil and Peru. It grows submerged in the water tanks formed by the leaf bases of epiphytic bromeliads. The glossy, slender and flaccid plants have complanate, gradually long-acuminate, subentire leaves with costa none or short and double and cells smooth and elongatehexagonal. For further information, see Buck (1992).

  • Distribution

    On a damp, shaded roadbank in a cloud forest at 3000 m alt. (Oaxaca, S of Valle Nacional, Whittemore & Leidig 1889A, MEXU, MO).—Mexico; northern South America; Jamaica.

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