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Sphagna of the 1979 Projeto Flora Amazônica expedition

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Within the great expanse of the Brazilian Amazon Basin,Sphagnum has been greatly overlooked, in part because of its scarcity and in part because of the paucity of trained bryological collectors in the area. During a Projeto Flora Amazônica expedition in 1979, seven specimens ofSphagnum were collected, representing six species, five of which are newly described:S. amazonicum, S. dimorphophyllum, andS. subsecundoides in sectionSphagnum;S. curicuriariense andS. ripense in sect.Subsecunda. Also discussed areS. negrense Mitt. andS. sanguinale Warnst.

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  1. University of Michigan Herbarium, North University Building, 48109-1057, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Howard Crum

  2. New York Botanical Garden, 10458-5126, Bronx, NY, USA

    William R. Buck

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Crum, H., Buck, W.R. Sphagna of the 1979 Projeto Flora Amazônica expedition. Brittonia 44, 448–460 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807195

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