Notes on Brachymenium in Guyana with a new species from Mt. Ayanganna

By

Robinson, Harold Ernest, 1932-
Golinski, G. Karen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

154

Pages

11--17

Subjects

African relationship , Bryaceae , Peristome , rostrate operculum

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.39105

 

Abstract

A relative of the African species described by Brotherus as Bryum perspinidens, has been discovered in Guyana with erect capsules and a short inner peristome. The Guyana material is recognized as a new species, and both species are placed in the genus Brachymenium. The characteristics that distinquish the genus are discussed with reference to the Guyana specimens of Brachymenium speciosum.