CALYMPERES-PALISOTII (MUSCI CALYMPERACEAE) FOUND IN DOMINICAN AMBER

Authors
FRAHM JP REESE WD
Citation
Jp. Frahm et Wd. Reese, CALYMPERES-PALISOTII (MUSCI CALYMPERACEAE) FOUND IN DOMINICAN AMBER, The Bryologist, 101(1), 1998, pp. 131-132
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
The Bryologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00072745
Volume
101
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
131 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-2745(1998)101:1<131:C(CFID>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Calymperes palisotii Schwaegr. subsp. palisotii is reported for the fi rst time from Dominican amber, with an age of 25-45 million years. Thi s is the third record of the moss family Calymperaceae from Dominican amber. A total of 12 species of mosses is now known from Dominican amb er, six identified at the species level and six at the genus level. Al l species and genera of mosses reported from Dominican amber are wides pread in the Neotropics and still occur on the island of Hispaniola.