Bryophytes Collected by Rudolf M. Schuster in Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

The objective of this work was to identify and disseminate the list of species collected by Dr. Rudolf Mathias schuster in the Projeto Flora Amazônica expedition to Rio Negro. We analyzed 929 specimens without any determination housed at sP herbarium from duplicates received as a donation from the INPA herbarium. We found 164 species in 63 genera including isotypes of Cololejeunea schusteri Pócs, Pycnolejeunea remotistipula C.J.P.Bastos & C.E.Zartman and Telaranea tenuifolia (R.M.schust.) J.Engel & Merrill. this species number is 28% of the bryophytes and 54% of the liverwort species cited for the Amazon Biome.