Rosulabryum macrophyllum (Cardot & Broth.) Ochyra, 2003

Spence, John R., 2021, Studies in Austral Bryaceae (Bryopsida). III. A Preliminary Account with Keys to Rosulabryum J. R. Spence in Chile, PhytoKeys 185, pp. 87-98 : 87

8. Rosulabryum macrophyllum (Cardot & Broth.) Ochyra

Remarks.

An uncommon species of moist to wet soil in the subantarctic moorlands and Nothofagus forests in southern Chile, reaching north to the Aisén Region ( Ochi 1982; Larraín 2016)). The species is characterized by dioicous sexual condition, rosulate stems, large ovate leaves that are ± imbricate when dry, costa excurrent into a short awn, a fairly well developed limbidium, finely serrulate distal leaf margins, and brown to red-brown rhizoidal tubers. The species is also known from the Falkland Islands and Argentina (Illustrations: Ochi 1967: 33, as Bryum macrophyllum ).

Representative specimen examined.

Región de Aisén, Provincia de Aisén, Comuna de Cisnes Parque Nacional Queulat, sector Angostura Risopatrón, sendero Los Colonos, bosque de Amomyrtus luma - Nothofagus nitida-Laureliopsis philippiana, sobre tronco podrido en la orilla del lago, 44°14'04"S, 72°30'24"W, elev. 130 m, J. Larraín 43684, with R. Vargas, E. Muñoz & J.F. Croxatto, 14 dic 2019 (CONC).