Scapania minutidens Steph., Sp. Hepat.

Gradstein, S. Robbert & Pérez, Álvaro J., 2021, In the footsteps of Michel Allioni: Liverworts and hornworts from the surroundings of Gualaquiza (Ecuador), Candollea 76 (1), pp. 41-54 : 46

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https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2021v761a3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6329132

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scientific name

Scapania minutidens Steph., Sp. Hepat.
status

 

Scapania minutidens Steph., Sp. Hepat. View in CoL 6: 503. 1924, syn. nov.

Holotypus: ECUADOR. Prov. Morona Santiago: Bomboiza , “in superioribus montis Aguacate”, in truncis in arborum silvis, 2400 – 2600 m, IV.1910, Allioni 291 ( G [ G00124058 ]!) .

= Scapania portoricensis Hampe & Gottsche View in CoL

Notes. – Scapania portoricensis is the only neotropical member of the large, holarctic genus Scapania (Dumort.) Dumort. and characteristic of upper montane cloud forests (FRAHM & GRADSTEIN, 1991). The species is readily recognized by its reddish color, large size (to 20 cm long and 1 cm wide), toothed leaf margins, very short keel and stellate gemmae. Scapania minutidens is a robust phenotype of S. portoricensis .

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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

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