Tropicos | Name - !Ditrichum submersum Cardot & Herzog

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!Ditrichum submersum Cardot & Herzog

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/20/2009)

Acceptance : provisional

Project Data (Last Modified On 4/15/2013)

country distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia

EcoRegions: Páramo, Puna

elevation: 3500-4000, 4000-4500, 4500-5000

substrate: rocks

frequency: rare

Notes (Last Modified On 4/15/2013)

Notes:

Ecology: Páramo and humid puna; on rocks in stream. Elevation: 3600-4700 m (Colombia: 3600-3800 m, Bolivia: 4000-4700 m). Distribution: Endemic to the tropical Andes (Colombia to Bolivia).

Ditrichum submersum is characterized by the aquatic habit, plant stature to 10 cm, short oblong base-setaceous leaves to 7 mm, and obscure upper, oblong cells of the lamina. The identity of this species is not well characterized, collections thus named from Colombia and Ecuador vary considerably from that illustrated by Herzog. In other words really do not have a clue what this taxon is.