Imbribryum clavatum (Schimp.) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

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 : 214

* Imbribryum clavatum (Schimp.) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

RECORDED ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AS. — Bryum uvidum Cardot & Broth. ?

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Falkland Islands. 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., 24.XI.2015, 15/634 ( MNH).

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This species is known from New Zealand, Tasmania, Macquarie Island, and southern South America. Often associated with calcareous springs and seeps ( Spence & Ramsay 2019). See comments under Bryum platypyllum about the confusion regarding B. uvidum . A southern hemisphere/southern amphipacific temperate species.