Pseudephemerum nitidum (Hedw.) Loeske (Bryophyta) rediscovered in Brazil

By

Da Silva, Maria Sulamita Dias
Fernandes Peralta, Denilson

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-11-3

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

739--742

Subjects

Bryophytes , cleistocarpic moss , Dicranales , Moss , rheophilic plants

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.739

 

Abstract

The sole record of the genus Pseudephemerum recorded from Brazil consists of the type specimen of Ephemerella caldensis Müll.Hal., which is currently a synonym of P. nitidum (Hedw.) Loeske. While conducting a revision of theDitrichaceae from Brazil, several specimens of Pleuridium were evaluated that proved to be this species, and thus, after 154 years, we rediscovered Pseudephemerum nitidum in Brazil. In the most recent checklists of Brazilian mosses, this species was excluded for lack of knowledge. This is the second record in Brazil and the third in South America.