First record of the family Gigaspermaceae (Bryophyta) in Brazil

Abstract

Lorentziella imbricata (Mitt.) Broth. belongs to the family Gigaspermaceae and is a common plant in the subtropical regions of the Noth and South America. This plant can be characterized by presenting leafy stems arising from subterranean rhizomatous axes, pale green or often whitish leaves, and sessile large capsules with large spores. This is the first citation of the genus Lorentziella and the family Gigaspermaceae for Brazil, found during field collections in the Pampa biome, state of Rio Grande do Sul.

New occurrences of bryophytes species in Southern Brazil: bryodiversity still scarcely known

“…urban areas), of both Atlantic Forest Bordin 2006, 2015;Yano 2009a, 2009b;Weber et al 2015) and Pampa (Bordin et al 2020;Aires et al 2020;. Peralta et al (2020) recorded a new family and genus for Brazil, collected in the Pampa of Rio Grande do Sul. This underlines not only the importance of the continuity of floristic studies, but also the insufficient knowledge of the bryoflora in the state, indicating that the present number of species can be underestimated.…”