Check List 13(4): 147-151, doi: 10.15560/13.4.147
Sphagnum squarrosum Crome, subgenus Squarrosa (Russow) Schimp. (Bryophyta: Sphagnaceae), in South America
Denise Pinheiro da Costa‡‡ Jardin Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corresponding author: Denise Pinheiro da Costa ( denisepinheirodacosta@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Adaíses Simone Maciel da Silva © 2017 Denise Pinheiro da Costa. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Costa DP (2017) Sphagnum squarrosum Crome, subgenus Squarrosa (Russow) Schimp. (Bryophyta: Sphagnaceae), in South America. Check List 13(4): 147-151. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.147 |  |
Abstract
During a taxonomic review of Sphagnaceae of Brazil, I found 5 collections in herbaria of Sphagnum squarrosum, an interesting species because of its typically robust form with strongly squarrose branch leaves that give this species a “spiky” look. These are the first records of this species from Brazil and the first of the subgenus Squarrosa from South America. These 5 records represent the southernmost known populations of this species in the Southern Hemisphere. A brief description, a key to the species of subgenus Squarrosa, and illustrations are given.
Keywords
Range extension; new records; taxonomy