Bryum microimbricatum Ochi, 1982

Spence, John R., 2022, Studies in Austral Bryaceae (Bryopsida). IV. New records from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), with a phytogeographic analysis of the family, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 211-224 : 213

* 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.