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Bryophytes from sea-shores of the São Paulo State, Brazil

This paper is a list of the bryophytes found in sandy and saline conditions under action of waves and winds of sea-shores in Ubatuba, Bertioga and Peruíbe Municipalities, São Paulo State, Brazil. The group does not exist in marine environments. The material is deposited in SP and HRCB herbarium. The 108 exsiccatae with 67 samples of hepatics and 59 samples of mosses include 25 families, 49 genera and 77 species of bryophytes. Concerning to hepatics, the largest number of genera and species were found in Lejeuneaceae and Lejeunea, respectively. The same was observed on Orthotrichaceae and Bryum for mosses. Twenty-nine species are cited for the first time for these kind of substrates as soil, bark of shrubs and rocks. The hepatics Ceratolejeunea laetefusca (Austin) R.M. Schust., Colura ulei Ast., Lejeunea bermudiana (A. Evans) R.M. Schust. and the mosses Calymperes afzelii Sw., Fissidens serratus Müll. Hal., and Weissia controversa Hedw. are new records for São Paulo State. The hepatics occur in larger number of genera and species than mosses. All species are new records for sea-shores areas.

hepatics; checklist; mosses; sea-shores; taxonomy


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