Plagiobryum capillare Hedw.

Gomes do Nascimento, Géssica Maria, Conceição, Gonçalo Mendes da, Fernandes Peralta, Denilson & Oliveira, Hermeson Cassiano de, 2020, Bryophytes of Sete Cidades National Park, Piauí, Brazil, Check List 16 (4), pp. 969-988 : 974

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.4.969
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scientific name	Plagiobryum capillare Hedw.
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Plagiobryum capillare Hedw. View in CoL

Examined material. BRAZIL • 5 specimens; Piauí, Pi- racuruca, Sete Cidades National Park, Cachoeira Riachão ; 04°27′40″S, 041°56′30″W; 19 Mar. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 468, 500, 503, 510, 1049) GoogleMaps • 1 specimen; same locality; 8 Jun. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 957) GoogleMaps • 3 specimens; II Cidade ; 04°05′85″S, 041°41′69″W; 2 Mar. 2017; G. M. G Nasci- mento leg. (HUESPI 326, 328, 331) • 1 specimen; Cir- cuito das Águas; 04°05′39″S, 041°40′80″W; 19 Mar. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 525) • 1 speci- men; Trilha Bacuri ; 04°05′94″S, 041°42′58″W; 2 Mar. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 312) GoogleMaps • 1 speci- men; Trilha Vale das Pedras ; 04°05′93″S, 041°41′585″W; 8 Jun. 2017; G. M. G Nascimento leg. (HUESPI 996) .

Identification. Very common; growing in tufts or patches, with stems mostly 1–3 cm tall. Dry plants usually with corkscrew-like shoots, with leaves spirally twisted around stem. In some populations, the dry shoots have leaves that are straight or only slightly twisted. Briocenological group: saxicolous.

Brazilian range. AM, BA, CE, ES, MG, PA, PB, PE, PI, PR, RJ, RN, RO, RR, RS, SC, SP (broadly distributed).