TY - JOUR A1 - Griffin, Dana T1 - The distribution and synonyms of Breutelia microdonta (Mitt.) Broth. : with additional notes on certain taxa of Breutelia T2 - Tropical bryology N2 - Breutelia microdonta (Mitt.) Broth., described originally from Brazil, is the oldest name for a disjunct widespread tropical species that includes as synonyms B. angustifolia Rehm. ex Sim of Southern Africa and B. merrillii Broth. of the Philippines. Breutelia kilaueae (C. Muell.) Broth. of Hawaii is considered a synonym of the austral Pacific species B. affinis (Hook.) Mitt., and B. brachyphylla Broth. of Ecuador is reduced to synonymy under the North Andean B. squarrosa Jaeg. Breutelia anacolioides Herz. of Bolivia is removed to Philonotis as a synonym of the North Andean P. incana (Tayl.) H. Robins. Differences in spore ornamentation offer an additional character distinguishing Breutelia from Philonotis. Y1 - 1992 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/30205 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-302055 SN - 0935-5626 N1 - The layout of the electronic version of this contribution differs from the layout of the original version published in the printed volume. IS - 5 SP - 55 EP - 59 PB - D. Quandt, Univ. Bonn, Nees Inst. für Biodiversität d. Pflanzen CY - Bonn ER -