Funaria macrocarpa (Funariaceae) is shown to be an earlier name for Costesia spongiosa (Gigaspermaceae). The species is, however, retained in the genus Costesia and a new combination is hence proposed: Costesia macrocarpa. The species, endemic to central Chile, belongs to the Gigaspermaceae, a small family with six mainly monospecific genera with a widely scattered distribution in the Southern Hemisphere. Both basionyms are lectotypified. A morphological description and a discussion of the geographic distribution of the species are provided.
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1 June 2009
Costesia macrocarpa comb. nov. for Funaria macrocarpa (Gigaspermaceae)
Jorge Cuvertino Santoni,
Luca Miserere,
Giorgio Buffa
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The Bryologist
Vol. 112 • No. 2
Summer 2009
Vol. 112 • No. 2
Summer 2009
Bertero
Chile
Costesia
Gigaspermaceae
montagne