Fissidens perfalcatus in Uruguay. In: New National and Regional Bryophytes Records, 45

GUILLERMO M. SUAREZ; JORGE R. FLORES

JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY

MANEY PUBLISHING

Lugar: London; Año: 2015 vol. 37

0373-6687

In recent years, some new mosses and liverwortshave been recorded from Uruguay (Ellis et al.,2011b, 2012b,d; Sua´ rez & Schiavone, 2013;Sua´ rez et al., 2014). Eleven species of Fissidens havebeen documented for this country (Ellis et al., 2013c).Fissidens perfalcatus was found during research onbryophytes collected in the National Park Fortaleza,in the north-east of Uruguay. According to Matteri(2004) this species was previously unrecorded inthis republic, although it is known in other SouthAmerican countries, such as Brazil, Colombia,Peru, Suriname and Trinidad.F. perfalcatus is distinguished by its unipapilloselaminal cells and limbate leaves, with the limbidiumrestricted to the broad vaginant lamina that enclosesthe stem. The species is illustrated by Pursell (2007)