The genus Gertrudiella Broth. (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta) in Paraguay

SOLEDAD JIMENEZ; GUILLERMO M. SUÁREZ

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Centro de Referencia em Informacao Ambiental

Lugar: Brasil; Año: 2017 vol. 13 p. 1 - 6

As part of the study of the bryophytes from South America some samples collected in Paraguay were identified as Gertrudiella uncinicoma, a species of Pottiaceae characterized by the presence of a well-developed central cylinder and a thick-walled hyalodermis on the stem, lanceolate leaves, laminal cells ventrally mammillose, and several rows of guides cells at the transverse section of the costae. This work represents the first record of the genus from the country. A complete description, ecological comments, illustrations in MO and MEB and a distribution map are presented.