Red List of liverworts and hornworts for Réunion (Mascarene archipelago)
Author
Ah-Peng, Claudine
Author
Bardat, Jacques
Author
Pócs, Tamás
Author
Söderström, Lars
Author
Staménoff, Pierre
UMR PVBMT, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin, 97715 Messag Cedex 9, France
Author
Strasberg, Dominique
UMR PVBMT, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin, 97715 Messag Cedex 9, France
text
Phytotaxa
2012
2012-10-05
68
1
1
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http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.68.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.68.1.1
1179-3163
5066080
2.
Amazoopsis gracilis
Engel & Smith Merrill (2004: 246)
Family:—
Lepidoziaceae
Distribution:—
Réunion
and
Seychelles
.
Habitat:—
Soil and rotten wood (saprolignicolous) at high altitudes, forest systems with high humidity and shade.
Threat:—
Habitat destruction and disturbance and less than 5 localities known from the island.
IUCN threat category:—
VU[D2]
Specimens:—
Species
known from the
type
collection in Réunion (E edge of
Cirque
de Mafate
) and from one collection in the
Seychelles
(
Engel & Smith Merrill 2004
).
Three
other localities from Réunion:
Forêt de Bélouve
,
Ravine Bringellier
SSE from
Gîte Bélouve
, at
1460 m
alt., on shady volcanic cliff,
22° 03’ S
,
55° 32.5’ E
, coll.
S. Rózsa
, 9642/O
(
EGR
, F); Basse Vallée, along trail GR2 (Saint-Philippe),
16/07/1996
,
21°3’ S
,
55°32 S
,
Kis 1951/CE
(
EGR
)
;
“Brulé de Baril” on the S slope of
Piton de la Fournaise
volcano, mossy cloud forest on a 400 years old lava flow at
1200 m
alt., on soil under a rock overhang,
Szabó
and
Strasberg
9609/ CS
(
EGR
, Herb. Mascarin in
SAINT-LEU
,
MO
, F)
.