New record and additions to the Argentinean bryophyte flora

Esther Fuertes; Carmen Prada

doi:10.14522/darwiniana.2014.21.571

Authors

Esther Fuertes Departamento de Biología Vegetal I, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Carmen Prada Departamento de Biología Vegetal I, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2014.21.571

Keywords:

Argentina, bryophyte flora, distribution, ecology, Frullania, Marchantiophyta, Steereella, Stephaniella.

Abstract

Steereella lilliana is reported as a new record for the bryophyte flora in Argentina and South America. Furthermore, the distribution of Frullania brasiliensis in Argentina, previously known only from Misiones and Salta, is expanded to the provinces of Tucumán and Córdoba. Additionally, Stephaniella paraphyllina, is new to the province of San Luis, collected in Sierra de Comechingones, and this represents its southernmost distribution. Brief comments about morphological characters, keys to related species in Argentina, as well as habitat details are given.

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