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Additions and Amendments to the List of Estonian Bryophytes Folia Cryptog. Estonica, Fasc. 56: 1–5 (2019) https://doi.org/10.12697/fce.2019.56.01 Additions and amendments to the list of Estonian bryophytes Kai Vellak1,2, Rut Caparrós Callejo3, Nele Ingerpuu1, Mare Leis4, Loore Ehrlich5, Tiiu Kupper2 1University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Lai 40, 51005 Tartu, Estonia E-mail: [email protected] 2University of Tartu, Natural History Museum, Vanemuise 46, 51014 Tartu, Estonia 3Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Facultad de Ciencias, Dpto. Botánica, Calle Darwin 2, 28048 Madrid, Spain 4Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51014 Tartu, Estonia 5Estonian Museum of Natural History, Lai 29A, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia Abstract: Five new moss species and one variety are incorporated to the Estonian bryoflora, one species should be eliminated due to recent taxonomical study. The number of bryophyte species has now risen to 602 for Estonia, thus the number of species has doubled since the first published list in 1860. Keywords: bryoflora, Estonia, new species, voucher specimens INTRODUCTION Five new moss species and one variety are different species – S. magellanicum s.str., S. incorporated to the Estonian bryoflora since medium Limpr., and S. divinum Flatberg & Has- the last additions (Vellak et al., 2017), and one sel. The distribution of S. magellanicum s.str. is previously known species is excluded from the restricted only to southern South America, while list. The number of Estonian bryophyte species two others, S. medium and S. divinum occur has doubled since the first published checklist in Northern Hemisphere (Hassel et al., 2018). of Estonian bryophytes (Girgensohn, 1860), and The study by Hassel et al. (2018) included also the list of Estonian bryophytes contains now material from Estonia and the occurrence of 602 species. One species and one variety new S. divinum and S. medium in Estonia has been for Estonia have been identified from earlier proven. Sphagnum magellanicum (in Estonian herbarium specimens, whereas four species are ‘lillakas turbasammal’ – ‘purple peatmoss’) has added due to recent taxonomical studies (Hassel been the best-known peatmoss in Estonia for a et al., 2018; Caparrós et al., 2016) that include long time, but since this species in sensu stricto also Estonian material. does not belong to Estonian bryoflora anymore, its Estonian name was changed to ‘patagoonia All four bryophyte herbaria in Estonia – TAA, turbasammal’ (‘patagonian peatmoss’) which TAM, TALL and TU – were inspected to clarify points to its actual distribution. the distribution of these new species in Estonia. Below we present the first records of new taxa First data about the occurrence of S. medium in of Estonian bryoflora. In addition, new voucher Estonia was published already in the 19th cen- specimens for four species are presented here, tury, and the species was characterized then as since their previous vouchers were re-identified. widely distributed in North Estonian raised bogs (Russow, 1894). According to the examined her- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION barium material, S. medium and S. divinum both are frequent, occurring over the whole territory The latest molecular studies showed that of Estonia. Sphagnum medium obviously prefers Sphagnum magellanicum Brid., a species that to grow in open bogs, along bog pool margins was considered to be one of the most widely and in lawns, whereas S. divinum grows mainly distributed peatmoss in the world until now, is in bog forests and shaded transitional mires. a complex species, and includes actually three 2 Folia Cryptog. Estonica One more taxonomical study done by Caparrós New taxa for Estonia et al. (2016), gave two new species to Estonian ORTHOTRICHUM STRIATUM Hedw. [tünntutik] bryoflora. Based on the sporophyte character- istics as well as on the analysis of nuclear and Voucher specimen: TALL D019627, Pärnu Co., plastid loci, Ulota crispa (Hedw.) Brid. complex Saarde Comm., Kõveri village, farm yard, on was splitted into three species – Ulota crispa a stone (58.1577°N, 24.67468°E), leg. L. Kan- s.str., U. crispula Bruch. and U. intermedia nukene, 07 June 1997; det. M. Leis, 25 Jan Schimp. Among the examined specimens, one 2019. Duplicates in TU, TAA. specimen was from the exsiccate collection of J. The distribution area of Orthotrichum striatum Mikutowicz, collected in 1909 from Estonia. The covers area from Europe to North Africa, Asia specimen (TU171437) was originally labelled as and northwestern North America (Hallingbäck U. bruchii Hornsch. ex Brid. but was re-identified et al., 2008). This species is more common in as U. crispula Bruch (Caparrós et al., 2016). We the northern part of Europe, growing mainly on checked the whole J. Mikutowicz collection de- deciduous trees (Frey et al., 2006). This species posited in TU and found one specimen identified is endangered in Finland, rare in Latvia and in as U. crispula by him in 1911 (TU171434). We Lithuania (Hodgetts, 2015). examined the specimen according to the new concept of species approach, and the original SPHAGNUM DIVINUM Flatberg & Hassel [varju- identification was confirmed. So, being mean- turbasammal] while joint with U. crispa (Rosman-Hartog & Voucher specimen: TU173223, Lääne-Viru Co., Touw, 1987), the occurrence of U. crispula in Vinni Comm., Kõrma village, Palasi drained Estonia is documented already since 1911, from mire at the edge of Sirtsi bog, transitional bog Lehola (Harju County). forest, on hummock (59.25113°N, 26.75433°E), To ascertain the occurrence of U. intermedia leg. K. Vellak, 12 July 2018; det. K. Vellak, 09 – another species of the U. crispa-group, and September 2018. to clarify the distribution of these three Ulota The actual distribution of S. divinum still needs species in Estonia, all specimens labelled as U. clarification, but it is one of the most widely crispa were checked in four Estonian herbaria. distributed peatmoss in Europe, with a circum- The examination revealed that U. intermedia is boreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the most frequent species and is distributed growing typically in minerotrophic fen forests over the whole territory. Ulota crispula is dis- (Laine et al., 2018). tributed sporadically in Estonia, but U. crispa, formerly known to be common over the whole SPHAGNUM MEDIUM Limpr. [raba-turbasammal] territory, appeared to be rare in Estonia having Voucher specimen: TU168386, Jõgeva Co., Jõ- solitary findings only in southwestern part of geva Comm., Endla Nature Reserve, Kaasikjärve Estonia. The voucher specimen designated for bog, open bog community (58.85672°N, U. crispa was reassigned to U. intermedia and a 26.21977°E), leg. K. Vellak, 07 July 2011; det. new voucher specimen for U. crispa was selected K. Vellak, 28 August 2018. This specimen was (see below). designated as the voucher specimen for S. ma- The occurrence of one species, Dicranella rufe- gellanicum in 2015 (Vellak et al., 2015), but was scens (Dicks.) Schimp. in Estonia was formerly re-identified asS. medium during this study. based only on literature data (Vellak et al., 2015). Sphagnum medium has amphi-atlantic distribu- While working in the Herbarium of the Latvian tion, growing in raised bogs in temperate zones University (RIG), we found a specimen that was of northern hemisphere (Hassel et. al., 2018; cited by Malta (1930). Thus, the occurrences of Laine et al., 2018). all bryophyte taxa in Estonia are now based on checked voucher specimens. SYNTRICHIA RURALIS var. EPILOSA (Venturi) J.J. Amann For two species – Atrichum crispum and Plagio- thecium latebricola new voucher specimens are Voucher specimen: TALL D018368, Saare Co., presented here, because of re-identification of Saaremaa Comm., Vilsandi Nature Park, Islet previous ones. Harilaid, west coast, sand dunes in south from 3 Kiipsaare, on sand (58.49°N, 21.84417°E), leg. needs clarification, especially because the great L. Kannukene, 03 July 1997; det. M. J. Cano, majority of former U. crispa specimens have 21 May 2018. been re-identified as U. intermedia in Russia The distribution and ecology of this variety is still (Fedosov & Ignatova, 2018). Also in our study unclear and needs further study. Up to now, it the overwhelming part of U. crispa specimens has been recorded only from three countries of were re-identified asU. intermedia. Europe – Switzerland, Sweden and France (Cal- New voucher specimens lego et al., 2018). Estonia is the forth country for this variety in Europe. ATRICHUM CRISPUM (James.) Sull. [pehme kadrisammal] ULOTA CRISPULA BRUCH [SUJUV SÄBRIK] Voucher specimen: TAA5000234, Ida-Viru Co., Voucher specimen: TU170149, Pärnu Co., Tori Illuka Comm., Agusalu Nature Reserve, SO Comm., Taali forest square 94/8. Swamp for- from Kamarna, primeval fresh boreal forest, est, on a tree trunk (58.433°N, 24.9°E), leg. M. on ground (59.11028°N, 27.57806°E), leg. P. Leis 29 August 1998; det. K. Vellak, R. Caparrós Lõhmus, 10 April 2006, det. M. Leis, K. Vellak, Callejo, 13 February 2019. N. Ingerpuu, 26 May 2017, ver. N. Hodgetts, 06 This corticolous species has amphi-atlantic August 2017. distribution (Caparrós et al., 2016) reaching its The previous voucher specimen (TU157121) des- eastern border of distribution in European Rus- ignated in 2015, was identified as Polytrichum sia (Fedosov & Ignatova 2018). One specimen longisetum Sw. ex Brid. (det. N. Ingerpuu, 25 (TU171433) from J. Mikutowicz’s collection, col- May 2017). lected in 1910 from the territory of current Latvia (Sussikas, Kreis Wolmar Vecmuiža, Salacgrīvas DICRANELLA RUFESCENS (Dicks.) Schimp. [ruuge County) was originally labelled as U. crispula and kaksikhambake] we confirmed this identification. We identified Voucher specimen: RIG (Fig. 1), Võru Co., Võru another specimen, originally determined as U. Comm., Urvaste. Near Kurenurme railway sta- crispa (TU179103), and collected from Lithu- tion, on ditch bank on clayey soil (57.83869°N, ania in 1994 as U. crispula. Therefore, we can 26.769877°E), leg. W. J. Reinthal, 26 October conclude that U.
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