<p><strong><em>Meteoridium </em>and <em>Zelometeorium </em>in Bolivia</strong></p>

dc.contributor.authorMarko Lewis
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T16:42:29Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T16:42:29Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionCitaciones: 1
dc.description.abstractThe genera Meteoridium and Zelometeorium are described and illustrated from 73 collections made by the author in Bolivia. Barbella tenuissima (Hook. & Wils.) Fleisch. is transferred to the genus Meteoridium as Meteoridium tenuissimum (Hook. & Wils.) M. Lewis comb. nov. Due to its hypnobryoid peristome and other characters, the genus Meteoridium is placed in the Brachytheciaceae. Meteoridium remotifolium (C. Müll.) Manuel shows marked variation over its altitudinal range and four ecoforms are recognized. Distribution records show that the species of these two genera have distinct ranges, with only Meteoridium remotifolium overlapping the ranges of the other species. Habitat data shows that none of the species treated are obligate epiphytes, and that they grow equally well in terrestrial habitats.
dc.identifier.doi10.11646/bde.5.1.8
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11646/bde.5.1.8
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/59832
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofBryophyte Diversity and Evolution
dc.sourceAcademia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia
dc.subjectGenus
dc.subjectObligate
dc.subjectHook
dc.subjectEpiphyte
dc.subjectBiology
dc.subjectBotany
dc.subjectRange (aeronautics)
dc.subjectHabitat
dc.subjectZoology
dc.title<p><strong><em>Meteoridium </em>and <em>Zelometeorium </em>in Bolivia</strong></p>
dc.typearticle

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