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The Bryological Times S EPTEMBER 2015 BUSINESS NAME V OLUME 141 The Bryological Times S EPTEMBER 2015 Table of Contents Bryophyte Conservation Group Report pages 2, 16-20 BRYOQUEL; Passing of a Swiss Botantist p. 3 Book Reviews p. 4, 13, 21, 22 IAB Awards p. 5 Early Land Plant News p. 6, 10 Theses in Bryology,32 p. 7 Flag Ship Journal of IAB p., 8 Item Number 59: Forensic Bryology p. 8, 12 Bryonet; Henk Greven p. 9 VII Southern Connections Congress in Chile p. 11 Bryological Society of China p. 13—14 Liverworts of Oregon p. 15 Bryological Meeting in Spain p. 20 IAB: 2015 World Conference p. 23 IAB BUSINESS NAME V OLUME 141 The Bryological Times S EPTEMBER 2015 A glimpse of bryophyte conservation activities around the globe: Conservation reports from members of the IUCN Bryophyte Specialist Group The Steering committee of the IUCN Bryophyte Specialist Group: Ariel Bergamini1, Irene Bisang² and Tomas Hallingbäck3 1 Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. ² Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm Sweden. 3 University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Financial support for conservation activities aimed at are Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, Perpetua Turner, bryophytes is usually rather low in comparison to oth- David Cameron, Andi Cairns and David Meagher. er, more popular organisms such as birds, butterflies The group will gradually publish a proposed list of or mammals. A general lack of knowledge of bryo- threatened Australian bryophytes via the newslet- phytes by fellow conservationists and/or nature con- ter. Initially seven species have been proposed for servation authorities, possibly because there are hard- listing as Extinct in Australia (and consequently ly any flagship species among the bryophytes, may be globally) (Threatened Bryophytes Advisory Group responsible for this. Nevertheless lots of bryophyte 2015; Australasian Bryological Newsletter 65, p. conservation activities are initiated and undertaken by 17--19). A large number of species have also been innovative and enthusiastic bryologists. proposed as Least Concern (LC) in Australia and In the IUCN Bryophyte Specialist Group, BSG, we therefore of no further interest for conservation regularly collect (usually by the end of the year) ac- purposes. counts from members on what was going on in their country or region in the past year with respect to bry- Japan (by H. Akiyama): In Japan a number of ophyte conservation. It is always astonishing and en- Red Lists including bryophytes have been pub- couraging to hear from all these activities which are lished in the period 2011-2014. All of them are in taking place around the globe. We present here the Japanese. There is one national list, which is the 4th reports of the members of the BSG which we re- Red List of Japan and was published by the Minis- ceived in January and February 2015. We are aware try of the Environment in 2012 (http:// that there are further achievements for bryophyte con- www.env.go.jp/press/files/jp/9948.pdf; pp. 3-6). servation in countries which are not represented in the Moreover, 22 prefectures have published new Red BSG. Our goal for the future is to present a more Lists during this period. For details, please contact comprehensive picture of global bryophyte conserva- Dr Hiroyuki Akiyama ([email protected]). tion. Nevertheless, we think that also our somewhat biased sample represented below gives a good insight into bryophyte conservation activities worldwide. We Kenya (by I. Malombe): Together with col- are truly amazed to read about all these activities! leagues, we got the first records of bryophytes from Koobi Fora in Northern Kenya around L. Turkana, which is famous for archaeological dis- Australia (by D. Meagher): The Threatened Bryo- coveries and indeed the 'cradle of humankind'. One phytes (Australia) Group (TBAG) has been estab- of the interesting species is a new record of Didy- lished, after expressions of interest were sought in the modon. As well, we had ad hoc collections from the Australasian Bryological Newsletter. The members coastal forests of Kenya, which had several new Continued on page 16 T HE B RYOLOGICAL T IMES P AGE 3 BRYOQUEL—the Bryophyte Database of Quebec-Labrador The Quebec Bryological Society (SQB - So- http://societequebecoisedebryologie.org/ ciété québécoise de bryologie) is announc- bryoquel_docs/ ing BRYOQUEL, a new online database. Presentation_BRYOQUEL_eng.pdf The main objective of BRYOQUEL, the Bry- ophyte Database of Quebec-Labrador, is to The lists already available should be help- make publicly available the information ful to authors working on the BFNA pro- documenting the presence, distribution, ject. bibliographic references and status of bry- ophytes reported from the territory of --------------- Quebec-Labrador. BRYOQUEL is initially In a parallel effort to BRYOQUEL, the Que- launched as downloadable [spreadsheet bec Bryological Society is undertaking to and PDF] files posted on the SQB web site, make available on it's website photo of and updated as needed. BRYOQUEL will bryophytes from Québec-Labrador. Again soon be integrated in the CANADENSYS this is a new undertaking and it is hope network. that, gradually, we will be able to present as many as possible of the taxa occurring BRYOQUEL is a work in progress. New in- in this territory. formation and new features will be added over time as they become available. See : http://societequebecoisedebryologie.org/P See : http:// hotos.html societequebecoisedebryologie.org/ Bryoquel.html Participations are A PDF in english is available to introduce welcome. the database : Passing of a Swiss Botanist Hans Hürlimann, Swiss botanist and leading specialist on the liverwort flora of the South Pacific region, died on 1 October 2014 at the age of 93. Obituaries will appear in Meylania and in Cryptogamie, Bryologie P AGE 4 V OLUME 141 SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF AFRICAN LIVERWORTS AND HORNWORTS Eberhard Fischer (2013) Liver- tion of the mountain gorilla. The cies, which are treated in alpha- worts and Hornworts of Rwan- best habitats for bryophytes are the betical order. da. Abc Taxa vol. 14, 552 pages, humid mountain forests in the west- 446 color plates, ISSN 1784-1283 ern part of Rwanda, and this is In general, the keys in the book (hard copy), 1784-1291 (online where most of the species occur. In work well; the couplets are com- pdf). To be dowloaded for free at total, 262 species of liverworts and parative and give clear features. http://www.abctaxa.be/volumes hornworts were recorded in the One might perhaps question use or to be ordered as hard copy country or only slightly fewer than of the terms "inflorescence" book from in the whole of West Africa, which (Lejeuneaceae, p. 72) and abctaxa_orders@naturalsciences covers an area more than one hun- "lobule" for the large ventral leaf .be (ca. 35 € excl. postage). Bry- dred times larger! lobe of Scapaniaceae and ologists in developing countries Schistochilaceae. Distinguishing may obtain a free copy of the The book begins with a brief history the latter two families by leaves book by writing to the above of bryological exploration. Follow- dentate vs. entire might not serve email address. to separate the species in these groups. And couplet 32 in the Tropical East Africa, including key to families and genera of Rwanda, is probably the most var- Jungermanniopsida does not sep- ied region of the African continent. arate Gongylanthus from It includes many climate belts and Lethocolea, both of which have a vegetation types such as savanna band of elongate leaf cells and woodlands, everywet mountain reduced perianths. Families with forests, afroalpine grasslands etc. only one genus are only men- and has a rich bryoflora. In spite of tioned in the family key and not this richness, there is a serious lack elsewhere, hence are searched for of identification manuals for the in vain in the book. It would bryophytes of East Africa. Chua- have been better in these cases to Petiot's Mosses, Liverworts & mention only the genus name in Hornworts of Kenya treats only the key and omit the family the most conspicous taxa and E.W. name, as for Notoscyphus (p. Jones's excellent Liverwort and 73). An unfortunate omission is a Hornwort Flora of West Africa is glossary of morphological terms, by its scope of limited use for East which would have helped begin- Africa. ners to work their way through the keys. ing this are very useful sections on Eberhard Fischer's book is the first the vegetation of Rwanda and bryo- complete identification manual for phyte habitats, phytogeography, Undoubtedly the most captivat- the species of liverworts and horn- classification, collecting techniques ing feature of this book are the worts of a country of East Africa. and an overview of the morphologi- numerous color photographs, It is the fruit of the author's exten- cal characters of liverworts and showing the habit and micro- sive collecting in Rwanda over a hornworts. These chapters are fol- scopic features of the species in period of more than 30 years. lowed by artificial keys to main great detail. Also the vegetation Rwanda is a mountainous country, groups, to families and genera, and and morphology chapters are lying above 1000 m and reaching to species within genera. In addi- beautifully illustrated by color its highest elevation on Mt. Ka- tion, keys to genera are provided for pictures. No less than 464 color risimbi (4507 m) in the Virunga families with 2 or more genera. The plates are included in this book, Volcanoes, famous for its popula- keys are followed by color plates each plate usually made up of and brief descriptions of all the spe- Continued on page 13 IAB AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS The Spruce Award 2015 the largest liverwort family. During the last two decades he has published over 170 scientific publications, including The council of IAB congratulates Lars the beautiful monograph of Lopholejeunea Hedenäs for winning the Spruce Award (Spruce) Schiffn.
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