Rhacocarpus alpinus (C.H. Wright) Paris, 1900

Azuelo, Andrea G., Tan, Benito C., Shevock, James R., Manual, Alven, Yorong, Aimanuelzon & Sariana, Lalaine G., 2015, Mosses New for Mindanao Island, Republic of the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (4), pp. 127-134 : 131

8. Rhacocarpus alpinus (C.H. Wright) Paris

[ Rhacocarpaceae ]

The species can be recognized by the dull, yellowish brown coloration of the specimens. The appressed, thick and leathery leaves are also distinctive. It was known previously from only one locality in the Philippines, Mt. Halcon in Mindoro (Tan and Mandia 2001). Its presence in Mindanao fills in the distribution gap of this widespread Gondwana taxon in the country.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Bukidnon Province. Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, on summit ridge of Mt. Dulang-Dulang, boggy ridge along saddle, 9 Jun 2007, Azuelo s.n. ( CMUH, UC); ibid, in small bog with Sphagnum and Campylopus , 2740 m, 24 Apr 2014, Shevock, Fritsch & Opiso 44868 ( CAS, CMUH, NY, PNH, UC).