Frullania platycalyx Herzog, Feddes Repert., 2024

Jimenez, Soledad, 2024, Novedades para la flora de briófitos de la provincia de Chaco, norte de Argentina, Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica 59 (4), pp. 465-480 : 470

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scientific name	Frullania platycalyx Herzog, Feddes Repert.
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1. Frullania platycalyx Herzog, Feddes Repert. View in CoL Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 10. 1952.

Diagnostic characters of F. platycalyx include the presence of laminate lobules, and underleaf margins plane without a tooth ( Gradstein & Costa, 2003; Lima, 2019). It was found growing in intermixed mats with Forsstroemia producta (Hornsch.) Paris.

Distribution and habitat. In South America, F. platycalyx is distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay ( Gradstein & Costa, 2003; Cañiza et al., 2017; Lima, 2019). In Argentina, F. platycalyx has previously been recorded from Buenos Aires and Misiones ( Hässel de Menéndez & Rubies, 2009).

Specimens examined. ARGENTINA. Prov. Chaco: Dpto. General Güemes, Juan José Castelli , a 2 km del empalme de ruta 5 y 9, 25° 54´40.19´´ S, 60° 37´28.98´´ W, cortícola, abundante, soleado y húmedo, 26-II-2011, Jimenez & Jimenez 91a ( CTES) GoogleMaps .