Alobiella husnotii (Spruce) Schiffn.

Oliveira-Da-Silva, Fúvio Rubens, Gradstein, S. Robbert, Viana, Pedro Lage, G., Carlos Ernesto, Schaefer, R. & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza, 2022, Bryophytes from Uei tepui (Serra do Sol), with liverworts new to Brazil and the description of Leptoscyphus incisus sp. nov., Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (4), pp. 51-64 : 54

** Alobiella husnotii (Spruce) Schiffn.

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Uei tepui, woodland in crevice, on rock, 5°00’25”N, 60°36’52”W, alt. 2046 m, Viana et al. 6276.

REMARKS

Alobiella is a rare neotropical genus with one species, A. husnotii . The genus was first reported from Brazil by Giancotti & Vital (1989) from Distrito Federal. Besides, it is currently known from Ceará and São Paulo states ( Oliveira & Bastos 2009). Alobiella husnotii usually grows on rock and soil in scrub, sometimes along streams and watercourses, at 500- 2000 m ( Giancotti & Vital 1989; Oliveira & Bastos 2009). The species is characterized by pale green plants with leaves laterally inserted on the stem, ovate-lanceolate with acute and very short-bifid apex, rarely undivided, leaf cells rectangular with finely papillose cuticle, and underleaves imbricate, longly lanceolate and bifid.