BRYMELA ANTIOQUIANA S.P. CHURCHILL & J.J. ATWOOD (PILOTRICHACEAE) A NEW SPECIES FROM COLOMBIA

Authors

  • John J. ATWOOD Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A
  • Steven P. CHURCHILL Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21406/abpa.2023.11.1.46

Keywords:

Brymela, Colombia, Hookeriopsis, new species, Pilotrichaceae, Thamniopsis, Trachyxiphium

Abstract

A new species, Brymelaantioquiana S.P. Churchill & J.J. Atwood, is described and illustrated from Colombia. The new species is superficially similar to B. parkeriana (Hook. & Grev.) W.R. Buck - a species from northern Amazonia, the Guianas and Lesser Antilles - in its weakly complanate habit and straight, oblong-lanceolate leaves. Brymelaantioquiana differs from B. parkeriana inhaving: longer leaves (3.6-4.0 versus 2.1-3.2 mm); long-acuminate versus obtuse to acute leaf apices; more strongly undulate upper laminae; and entire to weakly serrulate leaf margins with simple teeth versus serrulate to moderately serrate leaf margins with occasionally bifid teeth. A key to the 13 species of Brymelais provided.

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Published

2023-07-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): Acta Biologica Plantarum Agriensis

Section

Research paper

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