Introduction

Botanists from Real Jardín Botánico of Madrid, and University of Murcia carried out an expedition to Bolivia in July and August of 2007. The bryological team was composed by María J. Cano and Juan A. Jiménez (University of Murcia), and it was funded by Spanish Ministry of Education and Science through the projects “Taxonomic revision of the genus Hennediella, Syntrichia and Tortula (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta) in South America” (CGL2004-00788). This exploration was carried out thanks to the cooperation of National Herbarium of La Paz (LPB). We wish to acknowledge the assistance of Steven Churchill (Missouri Botanical Garden), Claudia Aldana and Ninel Sanjines (National Herbarium of La Paz) and Reinaldo Ramírez (University of San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca). About 550 specimens of bryophytes were collected, keeping primarily at MUB with duplicates at LPB, and MO.

Localities

28-VII-2007

La Paz: pr. Luribay, 17º23'21''S 67º 36' 32''W, 3780 m.
Oruro: carretera La Paz-Oruro, pr. Lago Huayllamarca, 17º33'52''S 67º21'10''W, 3890 m.
Oruro: carretera La Paz-Oruro, pr. Lago Huayllamarca, 17º32'47S 67º31'10''W, 3935 m.

30-VII-2007

Cochabamba: Lagunas Wara-Wara, 17º17'41"S 66º06'47''W, 4190 m.
Cochabamba: Lagunas Wara-Wara, 17º17'14"S 66º07'15''W, 4140 m.
Cochabamba: subida a lagunas Wara-Wara, 17º18'29"S 66º08'04''W, 4125 m.

2-VIII-2007

Santa Cruz: pr. La Siberia, 17º49'39"S 64º44'39''W, 2956 m.
Santa Cruz: pr. La Siberia, 17º50'14"S 64º42'36''W, 2700 m.

8-VIII-2007

Potosí: Potosí, Museo de la Moneda,19º34'58"S 65º45'25''W, 4000 m.
Potosí: Carretera Potosí-Uyuni, 19º44'15"S 65º54'31''W, 3900 m.

13-VIII-2007

La Paz: pr. Laripata, 15º43'39"S 68º39'29''W, 3340 m.
La Paz: pr. Laripata, 15º44'55"S 68º39'32''W, 3060 m.

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Results

  • Cano M.J. 2008. Taxonomic revision of Hennediella Paris (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta). Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 64: 1–142. https://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783443620363/Taxonomic_revision_of_Hennediella_Paris_Pottiaceae
  • Cano M.J., Jiménez J.A., Churchill S.P. & Guerra J. 2008. New records of Pottiaceae (Bryophyta) for South America. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 29: 183–191. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/bryologie/29/2/new-records-pottiaceae-bryophyta-south-america
  • Jiménez J.A. & Cano M.J. 2008. Taxonomic assessment of Didymodon pruinosus (Mitt.) R.H. Zander (Bryophyta, Pottiaceae) a poorly known American taxon. Nova Hedwigia 87: 145–152. https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0087-0145
  • Jiménez J.A. & Cano M.J. 2008. Didymodon hegewaldiorum (Pottiaceae) a new species from the Tropical Andes. Journal of Bryology 30: 121–125. https://doi.org/10.1179/174328208X300589
  • Cano M.J., Jiménez J.A. 2009. Indusiella (Ptychomitriaceae) in South America. The Bryologist 112: 308–314. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-112.2.308
  • Gallego M.T. & Cano M.J. 2009.Syntrichia boliviana (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta), a new species from Neotropics. Systematic Botany 34(2): 245–251. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364409788606334
  • Gallego M.T., Cano M.J. & Guerra J. 2009. New synonymy in Syntrichia (Pottiaceae) in the Neotropics. The Bryologist 112: 173–177. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.173
  • Jiménez J.A., Cano M.J., Guerra J., Churchill S.P. & Suárez G.M. 2009. Pseudocrossidium linearifolium (Potttiaceae) comb. et stat. nov. The Bryologist 112: 188–193. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.188
  • Cano M.J., Jiménez J.A., Gallego M.T. & Jiménez J.F. 2010. Guerramontesia microdonta (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta) a new monotypic genus from South America. Systematic Botany 35: 453–460. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364410792495953
  • Cano M.J., Jiménez J.A., Jiménez J.F. 2010. A systematic revision of the genus Erythrophyllopsis (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta). Systematic Botany 35: 683–694. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364410X539772
  • Cano M.J., Jiménez J.A. & Guerra J. 2011. New records of Pottiaceae (Bryophyta) for Argentina and Bolivia. Nova Hedwigia 93: 165–176. https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2011/0093-0165
  • Gallego M.T., Cano M.J. & Guerra J. 2011. New records, synonyms and combinations in the genus Syntrichia (Pottiaceae) from South America. The Bryologist 114(3): 556–562. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-114.3.556
  • Cano M.J. & Jiménez J.A. 2013. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Pleuroweisieae (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta) in South America. Phytotaxa 143 (1): 1–42. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.143.1.1
  • Alonso M., Jiménez J.A. & Cano M.J. 2017. A new species of Chionoloma (Pottiaceae) from Central and South America with a key to Neotropical species of the genus. The Bryologist 120: 340–346. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-120.3.340
  • Alonso M., Jiménez J.A. & Cano M.J. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Chionoloma (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 104: 563–632.https://doi.org/10.3417/2019381
  • Jiménez J.A. & Cano M.J. 2019. Didymodon ochyrarum (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta), a new Andean species from tropical South America. Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales 68: 135–141. https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0013
  • Cano M.J., Jiménez J.A., Gallego M.T. & Guerra J. 2021. A molecular approach to the phylogeny of the moss genus Pseudocrossidium (Pottiaceae, Bryopsida). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, jse.12801. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12801
  • Jiménez J.A., Cano M.J. & Guerra J. 2022 [2021]. A multilocus phylogeny of the moss genus Didymodon and allied genera (Pottiaceae): Generic delimitations and their implications for systematics. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 60(2): 281–304. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12735