Herzogiella cylindrocarpa (Cardot) Z.Iwats.

Journal of Hattori Botany Laboratory 33: 374 (1970). — Ctenidiadelphus cylindricarpus (Cardot) E.B.Bartram, Bryologist 49: 124 (1946). — Isopterygium cylindricarpum Cardot, Revue Bryologique 37: 56 (1910). —Type: Mexico. Morelos: Cuernavaca, Pringle 10606 (lectotype fide Ireland & Buck [2009] and annotation in herb., MO[MO-1995248]!).

Ectropothecium perrieri Thér., syn. nov., Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d’Études Diverses 89 (2): 131 (1922). — Type: Madagascar. Massif Andringitra: c. 1600-2500 m, 1921, Perrier de la Bathie s.n. (syn-, FH!, G!, JE!, MO!, NY!, PC). The type material from the author’s herbarium in PC has not been examined by us, so we refrain from designating a lectotype at this time.

Herzogiella boliviana (Broth.) M.Fleisch. ex Broth., Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 2), 11: 466 (1925). — Plagiothecium bolivianum Broth. in Herzog, Bibliotheca Botanica 87: 153 (1916). — Lectotype: Bolivia. Waldgrenze über Tablas, Herzog 2821 (see Ireland & Buck 2009).

SELECTED SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Bolivia. La Paz: c. 3200-3400 m, 16°57’S, 67°17’W, Lewis 87570 (MO[MO-3371138]!).

Colombia. Cundinamarca: c. 3500 m, 5°00’S, 74°00’W, Ireland 23374 (MO [MO-3663227]!).

Costa Rica. Heredia: c. 2600 m, 10°05’N, 83°55’W, Crosby 9866 (MO [MO-2858640]!).

Ecuador. Pichincha: c. 3600 m, 00°05’N, 78°01’W, Øllgaard et al. 34341 (MO [MO-4419567]!).

Guatemala. Quetzaltenango: c. 8600 ft., Sharp 2106 (MO [MO-2071384]!).

Honduras. Lempira: c. 2700-2730 m, 14°32’N, 88°41’W, Allen 12126 (MO [MO-4453886]!).

Madagascar. Fianarantsoa, Andringitra: c. 1700-2000 m, 22°10’S, 46°53’E, Crosby & Crosby 7068 (MO [MO-6768800]!).

NOTES

Herzogiella cylindricarpa was first reported from Africa by Buck (1993), based on two collections from Rwanda, and later from Tanzania by Pedersen & Hedenäs (2001). The species has a somewhat wider distribution range in the western Hemisphere from Mexico through Central America, to Western and Northern South America (Allen 2018). This species often grows on the base of tree trunks or on rotting logs at rather high elevations from 1600-3600 m. Throughout its range this species exhibits a certain degree of variation with respect to leaf arrangements, leaf shape, and the length of capsules, varying from widely spaced, distinctly complanate-foliate stems to somewhat subjulaceous leafy stems, from ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate leaf shape, and from long-cylindrical to short-cylindrical capsules.

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