* Bryum microimbricatum Ochi

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Falkland Islands. East Falkland, Port Harriet, Bertha’s Beach, east of carpark, 51°53’31.2”S, 58°42’28”W, on ground in dry pool on ship timber, 4 m a.s.l., 25.I.2011, 11/563 (MNH); 11/568 (MNH); West Falkland, upper branch of Chartres River, Patricia Luxton Nature Reserve, 51°43’33.6”S, 59°59’6”W, on rock, 13 m a.s.l., 30.I.2015, 15/348 (MNH).

NOTES

Previously known from Tierra del Fuego (Ochi 1982), this is a small species similar to Bryum argenteum but with bright green leaves. It is very similar to the Australasian B. harriottii R.Br. bis (Spence & Ramsay 2019) and future studies may show them to be the same species. Sporophytes have not yet been documented. A southern hemisphere/South American cold-temperate species.