Ecology: Open montane; on soil. Elevation: 2500-3200 m. Distribution: Endemic to Colombia.
The two species recorded from Colombia can be differentiated by the following sporophytic features: capsules elliptic-rounded in P. lindigianium and capsules globose in P. subenervis.
Specimens: COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Churchill et al. 14136 (COL, HUA, NY); Cundinamarca: Lindig s.n. (BM, NY).
Pleuridium lindigianum (Hampe) S. P. Churchill, Bryologist 91: 117. 1988. Sporledera lindigiana Hampe, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5, 3: 338. 1865. Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca, Bogota, Pacho, 3200 m, Jul 1863, Lindig s.n. (BM, NY).