Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: A preliminary taxonomic study was conducted on the pleurocarpous moss genus Isopterygium in Latin America. The types of 78 the 92 taxa recognized for Mexico, Central and South America by Index Muscorum were located and examined. Synonymy was found to be extensive with only seven species presently being recognized for the region, including Isopterygium affusum Mitt., I. byssobolax (C. Müll.) Par .. I. miradoricum (C. Müll.) Jaeg. & Sauerb., I. subbrevisetum (Hampe) Broth., I. subglobosum Herz., I. tenerifolium Mitt. and I. tenerum (Sw.) Mitt. A key to the identification of the species, their known distribution and a list of synonyms for each species is provided. It was necessary to transfer some of the taxa formerly placed in Isopterygium into other genera which required the following new combinations: Wijkia alstonii (Bartr.) Irel. (Isopterygium alstonii Bartr.) , Pseudotaxiphyllum homomallifolium (Redf.) Irel. (Isopterygium homomallifolium Redf.), Pseudotaxiphyllum machrisianum (Crum) Irel. (Taxiphyllum machrisianum Crum), Pseudotaxiphyllum richardsii (Bartr) Irel. (Isopterygium richardsii Bartr.).
Source: Caldasia
Author: Robert R. Ireland
Institution: Canadian Museum of Nature
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Irish Research eLibrary
OpenAlex ID: W1934341504