Pseudosymblepharis schimperiana (Paris) H.A.Crum , Bryologist

Costa, Denise Pinheiro Da, 2014, New synonyms for South American / Brazilian Pottiaceae (Bryophyta), Phytotaxa 167 (1), pp. 137-140 : 138

2. Pseudosymblepharis schimperiana (Paris) H.A.Crum, Bryologist 55: 139. 1952 ( Crum 1952).

Basionym:— Syrrhopodon schimperianus Paris, Index Bryol. 1254 . 1898 (Paris 1898).

Type:— MEXICO. Veracruz: Orizaba, Córdova, 1853, Müller s.n. (type not located) .

= Trichostomum cavernarum Broth., Denkschr.Ak.Wiss. Wien Math. Nat. Kl. 83: 283. 1924 ( Brotherus 1924), syn. nov. Type:—BRASILIA. São Paulo: Apiaí, Viera, in caverna, Nov 1881, Puiggari 2028 (holotype H-BR!). ≡ Pseudosymblepharis cavernarum (Broth.) R.H. Zander, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32: 80. 1993 ( Zander 1993).

Note:— Pseudosymblepharis schimpariana occurs in Tropical America and Africa ( Zander 1993), and in Brazil, where it is found in Atlantic rainforest (ombrophilous dense forest, ombrophilous mixed forest and semi-deciduous forest), Savanna (gallery forest), Steppe, and Restinga; on soil, rock, tree trunks, and rotten wood, also in urban areas, 0–2500 m.

Pseudosymblepharis schimperiana is recognized by the leaves ovate-lanceolate, sheathing base, contorted above; upper leaf cells quadrate, thick-walled, pluripapillose (papillae bulging over lumen); cells at sheath elongate, thickwalled and porose, laminal cells at sheath long-rectangular, smooth, thin-walled; cells at shoulder hyaline, extending along margin with inner cells typical of limb in a “V” shape. Pseudosymblepharis cavernarum is only known from the type collection (endemic to southeastern Brazil) presenting all the characteristics included in the variation observed in P. schimperiana and considered conspecific with P. schimperiana .

Other specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Alagoas: Pão de Açucar, Serra de Pão de Açúcar, Jun 1981, Andrade Lima 81-6696 (SP, as Hyophila involuta ); Goiás: 3 km de São João da Aliança, Mar 1971, Irwin 31874, 31874a et al. (NY); Mato Grosso do Sul: Indaiá do Sul, Fev 1996, Pietrobom-Silva 2941 (SP); Minas Gerais: Fazenda Aguada, Buraco Frio, Mexia 5141-a (NY, as Trichostomum aureum Bartr. n. sp.); Pernambuco. Bom Conselho, Jan 1974, Vital 2885 (SP, as Hyophila involuta ); Rio Grande do Sul: Caxias do Sul, Jan 2006, Bordin 313, 326 (SP); Santana da Boa Vista, Nov 1987, Wasum et al. 3504 (SP); Rio de Janeiro: Maricá, Jun 1995, Costa et al. 2116 (RB); Mauá, Serra de Itatiaia, Fev 1925, Bandeira s.n. (RB 475038); Serra de Itatiaia, Brejo da Lapa, Jun 1990, Schäfer-Verwimp & Verwimp 12797 (NY, RB); Rio de Janeiro, Vista Chinesa, Nov 1992, Costa s.n (RB); Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado, Feb 2007, Vaz-Imbassahy et al. 116, 124, 128 (RB); São Paulo: Eldorado Paulista, Caverna do Diabo, Nov 1984, Vital & Buck 12539B (NY).