Additions to the Hepatic Flora of Costa Rica II

Recent collections and research on Hepaticae in Costa Rica yielded 37 new species records for this country. These include the family Allisoniaceae and the genera Calycularia, Cylindrocolea, Luteolejeunea, Micropterygium, Mytilopsis, Neesioscyphus, Stenorrhipis and Thysananthus new to Costa Rica. Col...

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Published in:Lindbergia (Copenhagen) 1998-01, Vol.23 (2), p.74-80
Main Authors: Dauphin, Gregorio, Gradstein, S. Rob, Bernecker-Lücking, Andrea, Morales, María Isabel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological taxonomies
Cliffs
Flora
Genera
National parks
Old growth forests
Plants
Species
Taxa
Understory
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Summary:Recent collections and research on Hepaticae in Costa Rica yielded 37 new species records for this country. These include the family Allisoniaceae and the genera Calycularia, Cylindrocolea, Luteolejeunea, Micropterygium, Mytilopsis, Neesioscyphus, Stenorrhipis and Thysananthus new to Costa Rica. Colura verdoornii Herzog & Jovet-Ast is new to tropical America. Twenty additional species are reported as new for Central America. A summary of taxa reported for Costa Rica includes 33 families, 125 genera and 537 species, i.e. about 43% of the species known from tropical America. One new combination is proposed: Oryzolejeunea saccatiloba (Steph.) Gradst.
ISSN:0105-0761
2001-5909