Studies on the moss flora of the Bío-Bío Region of Chile: Part 3

Robert R Ireland; Gilda Bellolio; Juan Larraín; Roberto Rodríguez

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.77.10926

Studies on the moss flora of the Bío-Bío Region of Chile: Part 3

PhytoKeys. 2017 Feb 3:(77):1-20. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.77.10926. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Robert R Ireland¹, Gilda Bellolio², Juan Larraín³, Roberto Rodríguez²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-166, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C., 20013-7012, U.S.A.; contact address: 2055 Carling Ave., Apt. 614, Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 1G6, Canada.
² The Flora of Chile Project, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.
³ Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Campus Curauma, Av. Universidad 330, Curauma, Valparaíso, Chile.

Abstract

This is the final report on the moss flora of the Bío-Bío Region (Región VIII) in south-central Chile where collections were made in 2001-2003. Reported in this paper are one species new to South America, four species new to Chile and 16 species new to the Region. With these new additions the total number of taxa in the Bío-Bío Region is 343, corresponding to 331 species and 12 infraspecific taxa. A complete checklist of the mosses for all the provinces in the Region is presented.

Keywords: Bryophyta; Bío-Bío Region; South America; checklist; floristics.