Fissidens hydropogon

Fissidens hydropogon is a species of moss in the family Fissidentaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Fissidens hydropogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Fissidentaceae
Genus: Fissidens
Species:
F. hydropogon
Binomial name
Fissidens hydropogon
Synonyms[2]
  • Octodiceras hydropogon (Spruce ex Mitt.) A. Jaeger
  • Conomitrium hydropogon (Spruce ex Mitt.) Paris

Distribution and habitat

F. hydropogon was initially only known from one site, a river in Pastaza Province, Ecuador at 450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level.[3][4] In 2008 it was discovered growing in vegetation on the periodically flooded shore of the River Nangaritza, 950 m (3,120 ft) above sea level in Zamora-Chinchipe Province, 500 km (310 mi) southwest of the type location.[5][6]

References
  1. Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Fissidens hydropogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39170A10172325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39170A10172325.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Fissidens hydropogon Spruce ex Mitt". WFO Plant List. World Flora Online. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. Pursell, R. A.; Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A.; Allen, B. H. (1988). "A Taxonomic Revision of Fissidens Subgenus Sarawakia (Bryopsida: Fissidentaceae)". The Bryologist. 91 (3): 206. doi:10.2307/3243220. JSTOR 3243220.
  4. Pursell, Ronald A. (2007). "Fissidentaceae". Flora Neotropica. 101: 117–120. JSTOR 4393959.
  5. Benitez, Angel; Gradstein, S. Robbert (2011). "Adiciones a La Flora De Briófitas Del Ecuador". Cryptogamie, Bryologie (in Spanish). 32 (1): 73. doi:10.7872/cryb.v32.iss1.2011.065.
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2011). Species on the Edge of Survival. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-00-741914-2.


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