Herzogiella cylindrocarpa (Cardot) Z.Iwats.

Brinda, John C., He, Si, Atwood, John J., Magill, Robert E. & Reeb, Catherine, 2021, Notes on the bryophytes of Madagascar 5: new records from old collections, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 205-211 : 208

Herzogiella cylindrocarpa (Cardot) Z.Iwats.

Journal of Hattori Botany Laboratory 33: 374 (1970). — Ctenidiadelphus cylindricarpus (Cardot) E.B.Bartram, Bryologist 49: 124 (1946). — Isopterygium cylindricarpum Cardot, Revue Bryologique 37: 56 (1910). —Type: Mexico. Morelos: Cuernavaca, Pringle 10606 (lectotype fide Ireland & Buck [2009] and annotation in herb., MO[MO-1995248]!).

Ectropothecium perrieri Thér. , syn. nov., Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d’Études Diverses 89 (2): 131 (1922). — Type: Madagascar. Massif Andringitra: c. 1600-2500 m, 1921, Perrier de la Bathie s.n. (syn-, FH!, G!, JE!, MO!, NY!, PC). The type material from the author’s herbarium in PC has not been examined by us, so we refrain from designating a lectotype at this time.

Herzogiella boliviana ( Broth.) M.Fleisch. ex Broth., Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 2), 11: 466 (1925). — Plagiothecium bolivianum Broth. in Herzog, Bibliotheca Botanica 87: 153 (1916). — Lectotype: Bolivia. Waldgrenze über Tablas , Herzog 2821 (see Ireland & Buck 2009).

SELECTED SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Bolivia. La Paz: c. 3200-3400 m, 16°57’S, 67°17’W, Lewis 87570 (MO[MO-3371138]!).

Colombia. Cundinamarca: c. 3500 m, 5°00’S, 74°00’W, Ireland 23374 ( MO [MO-3663227]!).

Costa Rica. Heredia: c. 2600 m, 10°05’N, 83°55’W, Crosby 9866 ( MO [MO-2858640]!).

Ecuador. Pichincha: c. 3600 m, 00°05’N, 78°01’W, Øllgaard et al. 34341 ( MO [MO-4419567]!).

Guatemala. Quetzaltenango: c. 8600 ft., Sharp 2106 ( MO [MO-2071384]!).

Honduras. Lempira: c. 2700-2730 m, 14°32’N, 88°41’W, Allen 12126 ( MO [MO-4453886]!).

Madagascar. Fianarantsoa, Andringitra: c. 1700-2000 m, 22°10’S, 46°53’E, Crosby & Crosby 7068 ( MO [MO-6768800]!).

NOTES

Herzogiella cylindricarpa was first reported from Africa by Buck (1993), based on two collections from Rwanda, and later from Tanzania by Pedersen & Hedenäs (2001). The species has a somewhat wider distribution range in the western Hemisphere from Mexico through Central America, to Western and Northern South America ( Allen 2018). This species often grows on the base of tree trunks or on rotting logs at rather high elevations from 1600-3600 m. Throughout its range this species exhibits a certain degree of variation with respect to leaf arrangements, leaf shape, and the length of capsules, varying from widely spaced, distinctly complanate-foliate stems to somewhat subjulaceous leafy stems, from ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate leaf shape, and from long-cylindrical to short-cylindrical capsules.

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