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Notes on Guayana mosses with new information of Sphagnum ornatum

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Mosses restricted to tepui summits in the Guayana Highland are relatively few.Sphagnum ornatum Crum, though, only recently described from Brazil, has been found subsequently in a number of localities in nearby Venezuela and Guyana. These additional collections make for a better understanding of the diagnostic features of a species characteristically found on the tops of the sandstone mesas of southern Venezuela and adjacent areas.

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  1. New York Botanical Garden, 10458-5126, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.

    William R. Buck

  2. Herbarium, University of Michigan, 48109-1057, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

    Howard Crum

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Buck, W.R., Crum, H. Notes on Guayana mosses with new information of Sphagnum ornatum. Brittonia 45, 17–20 (1993). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806851

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