Frullania setigera Steph.

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 : 56

** Frullania setigera Steph.

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Uei tepui, woodland in crevice, on tree trunk, 5°00’25”N, 60°36’52”W, alt. 2046 m, Viana et al. 6080.

REMARKS

Frullania setigera is a neotropical species that has been reported from southern and southeastern Brazil ( Gradstein & Costa 2003), growing on tree trunks and rock in montane and submontane rainforest at 600-2500 m. The species is characterized by leaf apex acuminate, underleaf apex apiculate to acuminate with auriculate base, female bracts and bracteole entire, and perianth long-ovate, 3-keeled.