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The genus Racomitrium (Grimmiaceae) in Brazil, with the first report of R. subsecundum in South America

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Four species of the moss genusRacomitrium Brid. are reported from Brazil:R. subsecundum (Harv.) Wils,R. didymum (Mont.) Lorentz,R. crispipilum (Taylor) A. Jaeger, andR. visnadiae W. R. Buck.Racomitrium subsecundum is reported for the first time from South America in Brazil and Colombia. The species is fully described and illustrated.Racomitrium didymum is recorded for the first time from Brazil; the specimens previously assigned toR. crispulum (Hook.f. & Wils.) Hook.f. & Wils. represent this species.Racomitrium cucullatifolium Hampe andR. crispulum (Hook. f. & Wils.) Hook.f. & Wils. are excluded from the Brazilian bryophyte flora. All Brazilian species ofRacomitrium are briefly assessed taxonomically and bryogeographically and illustrated, and a key to their determination is given. A lectotype is selected forGrimmia didyma Mont.

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  1. Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Lubicz 46, PL-31-512, Kraków, Poland

    Halina Bednarek-Ochyra & Ryszard Ochyra

  2. Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 10458-5126, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.

    William R. Buck

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Bednarek-Ochyra, H., Ochyra, R. & Buck, W.R. The genus Racomitrium (Grimmiaceae) in Brazil, with the first report of R. subsecundum in South America. Brittonia 51, 93–105 (1999). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666564

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