Abstract
Some problems among the neotropical members of the moss family Pterobryaceae are reviewed.Orthostichidium is synonymized withHildebrandtiella, resulting inH. guyanensis (Mont.) Buck; andOrthostichopsis is reviewed for the New World with a new species,O. praetermissa, described.
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Buck, W.R. Notes on Neotropical Pterobryaceae. Brittonia 43, 96–101 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807301
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