The Genus Grimmia Hedw. (Grimmiaceae, Musci) in Russia Ðîä Grimmia Hedw
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Arctoa (2004) 13: 101-182 THE GENUS GRIMMIA HEDW. (GRIMMIACEAE, MUSCI) IN RUSSIA ÐÎÄ GRIMMIA HEDW. (GRIMMIACEAE, MUSCI)  ÐÎÑÑÈÈ ELENA IGNATOVA & JESÚS MUÑOZ ÅËÅÍÀ ÈÃÍÀÒÎÂÀ, ÈÈÑÓÑ ÌÓÍÜÎÑ Abstract The revision of Grimmia collections from the territory of Russia is presented. Thirty one species are recognized, while G. decipiens and G. trichophylla are excluded from the Russian bryoflora. Descriptions, illustrations, comparisons with similar species, studied specimens and maps of distribution in Russia are presented for each species. Ðåçþìå Ïðîâåäåíà ðåâèçèÿ ðîäà Grimmia äëÿ òåððèòîðèè Ðîññèè, ãäå âûÿâëåí 31 âèä, à íàõîæäåíèå G. decipiens è G. trichophylla íå ïîäòâåðæäàåòñÿ. Äëÿ âñåõ âèäîâ äàíû îïèñàíèÿ, èëëþñòðàöèè, ñðàâíåíèÿ ñî ñõîäíûìè âèäàìè, à òàêæå ïåðå÷èñëåíû âñå èçó÷åííûå îáðàçöû. Ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå âèäîâ ïîêàçàíî òàêæå íà êàðòàõ. INTRODUCTION This latter revision includes 27 species and The genus Grimmia is difficult for species 3 varieties which are treated here as species: G. identification, and thus its treatments by diffe- trichophylla var. tenuis G. muehlenbeckii, G. rent authors lead sometimes to more or less in- tergestina var. poecilostoma G. poecilostoma, congruent results. About 250 species of the genus G. hartmanii var. anomala G. anomala. In were accepted in Index Muscorum, not counting addition, these authors also included G. orbicu- nominae nudae (Wijk & al., 1962, 1969), 123 species laris under the name G. pulvinata var. africana. [69 of them as confirmed by recent revisions] Three more species of Grimmia were reported by Crosby & al. (1999), 71 by Muñoz & Pando by Savicz-Lyubitskaya & Smirnova (l. c.) as (2000), and 93 by Greven (2003). Dryptodon (D. atratus), Hydrogrimmia (H. The genus got recently a lot of attention: it mollis) and Racomitrium (R. patens). Thus was revised for the territory of Japan (Deguchi, these authors reported for USSR altogether 34 1978), China (Cao & Vitt, 1986; Cao & al., 2003), species of Grimmia, 29 of them from Russia. Altai within Russia (Ignatov & Cao, 1994), Check-list of mosses of the former USSR North Europe (Nyholm, 1998), Europe (Greven, (Ignatov & Afonina, 1992) includes 27 speices 1995; Maier & Geissler, 1995), Himalayas (Maier, for Russia (including Hydrogrimmia, G. 2002), South America (Muñoz, 1999), worldwide trichophylla and G. decipiens, the two latter (Greven, 2003). Muñoz & Pando (2000) published species based on erroneous data). Muñoz & results of their worldwide revision, including Pando (2000) reported for Russia 30 species, type citations, complete synonymy and distri- adding G. capillata, G. triformis and G. bution of each species up to the country level. teretinervis, as new for Russia, and raising the During these studies a lot of corrections were status of G. poecilostoma and G. orbicularis done for the territory of Russia, but the main up to species level. Finally Ignatova & al. (2003) amount of collections, especially from local described one more Siberian species, G. jacutica. herbaria remained under-studied. Thus the most The present revision is based on the study recent existing revision of Grimmia for the whole of herbarium collections from the main bryo- area of Russia is the treatment of this genus in logical herbaria where Russian material is well- Savicz-Lyubitskaya & Smirnova (1970) hand- represented: CSR, H, IRK, KPABG, KRS, LE, book of acrocaprous mosses of the USSR. MHA, MW, PTZ, S, SASY, SVER, UUH, VLA. 1 Moscow State University, Biological Faculty, Moscow 119992 Russia Ðîññèÿ 119992 Ìîñêâà, Ìîñêîâñêèé ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé óíèâåðñèòåò, Áèîëîãè÷åñêèé ôàêóëüòåò. 2 Real Jardin Botanico, Plaza de Murillo 2, E-28014 Madrid, Spain 102 E. IGNATOVA & J. MUÑOZ Grimmia Hedw., Sp. Musc. Frond.: 75.1801. orange-red, erect to spreading when dry, lanceolate, entire or cleft, not perforate or perforate to cribrose. Type species: Grimmia plagiopodia Hedw. Spores small, finely papillose. Calyptrae cucullate (lectotype, designated by M rtensson, 1956: 156). å or mitrate. Gemmae in few species, multicellular, Plants medium-sized, more rarely small or globular, with protuberant cells, developing on robust, soft or rigid, in dense or loose, often easily stalks or subsessile, on leaf apices, on dorsal or separating tufts, patches or cushions, dark green, ventral side of costa. yellow green, brownish or blackish green, not or The generic concept used in the present weakly to strongly hoary. Leaves ovate, ovate- paper is a traditional one. Recently Ochyra & lanceolate, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, concave al. (2003) suggested to split Grimmia into four or keeled in distal part; margins entire, plane, genera, segregating also Dryptodon (= Grim- incurved or recurved, often recurved on one side mia sect. Rhabdogrimmia, species with curved and plane on other side in proximal part of leaf; setae and ribbed capsules), Guembelia (group costa single, clearly or weakly delimited from of species with flat, poorely defined costae) laminal cells, +percurrent, semi-terete and and Orthogrimmia (small species with keeled ventrally canaliculate or flattened, rarely terete, in lanceolate leaves), remaining in Grimmia cross section semi-elliptic, semi-circular, round species with ventricose capsules. Though the or reniform, sometimes irregularly angular, core species of these groups are contrasting, the trapezoid, winged dorsally in distal part of leaf; position of some species remains unclear (and lamina 1-2(-3)-stratose in distal 2/3, often more probably will be more clear after expanded thick, rarely less thick at margins, usually analysis which involves molecular data). So unistratose at proximal 1/3 of leaf; upper and we leave the systematic discussion for the future, median laminal cells subquadrate, oblate to short and by the same reason arrange species in rectangular, sometimes rounded-quadrate or alphabetical order. irregular, with strong or moderately thickened, The number of species in the genus (in the straight or sinuose walls, mostly smooth, rarely present circumscription) is different in the papillose or/and bulging, basal juxtacostal cells publications of different authors, i. e.: 123 species rectangular to linear, thick- or thin-walled, porose [69 of them as confirmed by recent revisions] to nodulose or not porose, basal marginal cells (Crosby & al., 1999), 71 species (Mu oz & Pando, usually shorter, pellucid, rarely quadrate or oblate, ñ 2000) or 93 species (Greven, 2003). opaque, often with thin longitudinal and thick Species of Grimmia are mostly distributed transverse walls, more rarely with uniformly thin in cold and mountain regions of the world, where longitudinal and transverse walls. Autoicous or rocks and especially acid rocks are widespread dioicous. Androecia terminal, at shoot tips, or (though some species prefer calcareous rocks lateral, just below perichaetia. Setae short to long, and sometimes grow on soil in cold environ- straight, arcuate or sigmoid. Capsules immersed, ments). The name is in honour of J. F. C. Grimm, emergent or exserted, symmetric or ventricose, 1737-1821, a medical doctor and botanist from ovoid or cylindric, smooth, furrowed or ribbed. Gotha, Germany. Operculae plane or conic, rostrate or mamillate, NB: The careful explanation of some taxo- columellae not attached to opercula. Annulus of nomically important morphological characters of three main types (Fig. 1): 1) composed of (2-)3- Grimmia is given by Loeske (1913), Deguchi (1978), 4 rows of thick-walled, but transparent cells and Muñoz (1998). with narrow lumen, becoming larger to upper NB: Helpful suggestions on the slide preparation, rows, separating in spirals (affinis-type, according cross secting, etc. are given by Maier (2002). to Deguchi, 1978); 2) composed of small, round, NB: Beautiful colorful pictures of many species thick-walled but transparent cells with round of Grimmia are given as a supplement to the world lumen, separating in groups or by single cells revision of Grimmia by Greven (2003). (elongata-type, l.c.); 3) several rows of NB: Leaf length given in keys and description subquadrate or transverse rectangular thick- do not include hair-point length. NB: The study of leaf cross section is very walled, not transparent cells at the orifice important for the species identification; the sections (Schistidium-type, l.c., called also simple and should be made mostly at distal 2/33/4 of leaf, if persistent or not differentiated). Peristome teeth otherwise not indicated. The genus Grimmia in Russia 103 2 1 3 Fig. 1. Types of annulus in the genus Grimmia (acording to Deguchi, 1978): 1 affinis-type (from G. longirostris Hook., Tyva Republic 9.IX.1999 T.Otnyukova); 2 elongata-type (from G. donniana Sm., Khibiny Mts., 31.VIII.2001 E.Ignatova); 3 Schistidium-type (from Grimmia reflexidens Müll. Hall., Altai Republic 19.VII.2000 O.Pisarenko). KEY FOR IDENTIFICATION ........... G. triformis (p. 177) OF GRIMMIA IN RUSSIA Leaf margins recurved, basal marginal cells of stem leaves with thin longitudinal and 1. Leaves soft, broadly ovate; leaf cells 12-25 thick transverse walls . G. capillata (p. 113) µm wide . .... G. mollis (p. 146) Leaves rigid, linear, ovate-lanceolate or ovate; 8 Peristome absent . G. anodon (p. 107) leaf cells 6-12(-14) µm wide...... 2 Peristome present . G. plagiopodia (p. 161) 2. Capsules immersed into perichaetial leaves, 9(2). Basal marginal cells of stem leaves with setae shorter than 1 mm . 3 uniformly thin longitudinal and transverse Capsules emergent to exserted (setae longer walls . 10 than 1 mm) or plants sterile . 9