Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
Abstract. The
moss flora of Chile contains 778 species
and 88 subspecific taxa in 203 genera and 63 families. The checklist
includes provincial distributions for all accepted species based
on either literature reports and/or herbarium specimens. Accompanying
the list is a systematic arrangement
of the genera and families. Twenty-four taxa and five genera are
newly reported for Chile. Five new combinations, Dicranoweisia subglobosa
(Herz.) comb. nov., Pohlia looseri
(Thér.) comb. nov., P. magnifica
(Herz.) comb. nov., Achrophyllum anomalum (Schwaegr.)
Mitt. var. pallidum
(Card. & Broth.), comb. nov., and Thamnobryum crassinervium
(Broth.) comb. nov. are made.
THIS PAPER WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF HATTORI BOTANICAL LABORATORY 85: 103-189. 1998. SPECIMEN CITATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THIS WEBSITE CHECKLIST.