Campylopus anderssonii (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger in Peru. In: L. Ellis, ed. New national and regional bryological records

Abstract

The neotropical moss C. anderssonii is present in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panamá (Allen, 1994), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and the Galapagos Islands (Frahm, 1991). This reported for Peru completes the range of this species in the neotropical countries of the Andean region. In Peru C. anderssonii occurs in the denominated "Ceja de selva", which is a forested environment, moist and warm, constantly covered by fog and rain. It grows on rocks in exposed banks, together with Thuidium tomenstosum, Polytrichum juniperinum, Campylopus pilifer and Pogonatum campylocarpum. Although presenting a strong variation according to the habitat, the long subulate leaves with its subquadrate basal laminal cells, and its serrate leaf tip are diagnostic characters in this species. While C. anderssonii was listed as present in Peru (Delgadillo, Bello & Cardenas, 1995), the above-mentioned is the first confirmed record for this country.