Flabellidium
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| Genus: | Flabellidium |
| Species: | F. spinosum
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| Flabellidium spinosum | |
Flabellidium is an extinct genus of moss in family Brachytheciaceae. It contains a single species, Flabellidium spinosum, also known as the Santa Cruz bryophyte.
Distribution
The genus was endemic to the Santa Cruz cordillera of Bolivia. It occurred at 1,400 m. The species was apparently epiphytic and grew in montane forests.
Extinction
The IUCN listed this species as extinct in 2002.
- "This species was collected in 1911 and described in 1916. The forest at the type locality and in the vicinity has been logged and cultivated over the years. We therefore consider that there is no reasonable doubt that the only locality for this species has been destroyed and that the last individual has died."[2]
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Bryophyte Specialist Group (2012). "Flabellidium spinosum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T39158A2887512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T39158A2887512.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39158/0
- Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Flabellidium spinosum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
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