Molendoa fuegiana Bartram (1946: 306)

Cano, María J. & Jiménez, Juan A., 2013, A taxonomic revision of the tribe Pleuroweisieae (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta) in South America, Phytotaxa 143 (1), pp. 1-42 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.143.1.1
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scientific name	Molendoa fuegiana Bartram (1946: 306)
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Molendoa fuegiana Bartram (1946: 306) View in CoL . Type:— CHILE. Región XII (Magallanes): Lago Blanco, Puesto de

los Indios, Rovainen 163 (lectotype designated here: FH 00213877 !; isolectotype: FH 213878!) =

Didymodon australasiae (Hook. & Grev.) Zander (1978b: 21) View in CoL , syn. nov.

In FH, where the original herbarium of E. B. Bartram is kept, two specimens of the type mentioned in the protologue (no. 163) are deposited. Both have the characters provided in the original description, but the number FH 213877 has more material. Therefore, we choose the latter as lectotype of this name. Both specimens have linear-lanceolate leaves with an acute apex, hyaline, quadrate to rectangular basal laminal cells, costa in cross-section with a single band of dorsal stereids and brownish axillary hairs. We did not find differences separating this material from Didymodon australasiae View in CoL and we consider both species conspecific .