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L. T. Ellis1, A. Alegro2,V.Sˇegota2, V. A. Bakalin3,4, R. Barone5, E. A. Borovichev6,7, V. Hugonnot8, M. Lebouvier9, M. Nobis10, A. Nowak11, R. Ochyra12, B. Papp13, E. Szurdoki13, R. Piwowarczyk14, V. Pla´sˇek15,L.Cˇ´ıhal15, Z.-J. Ren16, M. S. Sabovljevic´17,C.Se´rgio18, C. A. Garcia18, I. Melo18, J. Sawicki15,19, A. Stebel20,S.S¸ tefaˇnut¸21, R. Ion21, A. Manole21, I. Tziortzis22, Y. Xiong23, Z.-T. Zhao24

1The Natural History Museum, London, UK, 2Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 3Botanical Garden-Institute, Vladivostok, Russia, 4Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Vladivostok, Russia, 5Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche – Sezione di Botanica ed Ecologia Vegetale, Universita` di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 6Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute of the Kola Science Center of RAS, Kirovsk, Murmansk Province, Russia, 7Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of the Kola Science Center of RAS, Apatity, Murmansk Province, Russia, 8Conservatoire Botanique National du Massif Central, le Bourg, Lafayette, France, 9CNRS UMR 6553, Universite´ de Rennes 1, France, 10Jagiellonian University in Krako´w, Poland, 11University of Opole, Poland, 12Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, 13Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 14Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland, 15University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 16Shandong Museum, Jinan, China, 17Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 18Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de Histo´ria Natural e da Cieˆncia, Portugal, 19University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, 20Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland, 21Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, Romania, 22Enalia Physis Environmental Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus, 23College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, 24Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China

1. Bucklandiella pachydictyon (Cardot) Bednarek- Province in the South Indian Ocean. The most typi- Ochyra & Ochyra cal examples of such ranges are Ditrichum conicum Contributor: R. Ochyra (Mont.) Mitt. (Ochyra & Lewis Smith, 1998; Blockeel Tristan da Cunha: (1) small patches in tuft of moss et al., 2010; Ochyra & Bednarek-Ochyra, 2013), above Nellie’s Hump, alt. 4500 ft (51375 m a.s.l.), 18 Philonotis polymorpha (Mu¨ll.Hal.) Broth. (Ellis October 1955, leg. N. M. Wace T. 539 (BM); (2) et al., 2013b; Bednarek-Ochyra, 2014a), Bucklandiella alpine desert, above 5000 ft (51525 m a.s.l.) [associ- membranacea (Ellis et al., 2013c), B. lamprocarpa ated with Bucklandiella membranacea (Mitt.) Bed- (Mu¨ll.Hal.) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Ochyra narek-Ochyra & Ochyra], 18 October 1955, leg. et al., 1988; Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra, 1998, N. M. Wace T. 529 & T. 530 (BM). 2012a; Blockeel et al., 2007a, 2009a; Bednarek- Situated in the cool-temperate zone in the middle Ochyra, 2014b), B. orthotrichacea (Mu¨ll.Hal.) of the South Atlantic Ocean, the small archipelago Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Bednarek-Ochyra & of Tristan da Cunha is an important outpost for Ochyra, 2012b; Bednarek-Ochyra, 2014c), many austral cool-adapted species of moss. They B. striatipila (Cardot) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra usually exhibit an amphiatlantic distribution pattern, (Blockeel et al., 2009c; Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra, occurring in southern South America and then re-ap- 2010a, 2013; Ellis et al., 2013a), Hygrodicranum falk- pearing after a dramatic oceanic disjunction on sub- landicum Cardot (Blockeel et al., 2007b), and Bryum antarctic islands in the Kerguelen Biogeographical orbiculatidolium Cardot & Broth. (Blockeel et al., 2008). This group is now increased by one distinct species, Bucklandiella pachydictyon. So far, it has Correspondence to: Leonard T. Ellis, Department of Life Sciences, The been known to be widely distributed in southern Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. Email: [email protected] South America where it is relatively frequent along

ß British Bryological Society 2015 228 DOI 10.1179/1743282015Y.0000000014 Journal of Bryology 2015 VOL.37 NO.3 Bryological Notes the western coast of the continent, ranging from the fulgescens (Mu¨ll.Hal.) A.Jaeger, Kindbergia oregana Argentinean Neuqueń and Chilean Cautin Provinces (Sull.) Ochyra, Leucolepis menziesii (Hook.) Steere, to Tierra de Fuego and extending to the northern Neckera douglasii Hook., Oligotrichum aligerum maritime Antarctic (Deception Island) and suban- Mitt., Plagiomnium venustum (Mitt.) T.J.Kop., Pseu- tarctic South Georgia (Bell, 1974; Ochyra et al., dobraunia californica (Lesq.) Broth. Rhizomnium 2008a,b). The species subsequently recurs on the glabrescens (Kindb.) T.J.Kop., and Scleropodium Prince Edward Islands and Iˆles Crozet (Blockeel obtusifolium (Mitt.) Kindb. (Schofield, 1980; Vitt et al., 2008), Iˆles Kerguelen (Cardot, 1916) and et al., 1988). Heard Island (Ellis et al., 2015b), as well as on the 3. Campylopus purpureocaulis Duseń Iˆle Amsterdam in the warm-south-temperate zone Contributors: R. Ochyra and M. Lebouvier (Ellis et al., 2015a). The present discovery of Iˆles Kerguelen: Grande Terre, Presqu’ıˆle Bouquet B. pachydictyon on Tristan da Cunha fills an obvious de la Grye: 1.5 km north-west of the cemetery at gap in the range of this species and confirms its Port Couvreux and 2 km west of Mont de la Vigie, phytogeographical status as an amphiatlantic south- 49u16912.1250S69u40904.5780E, ca 150 m a.s.l.; peat- temperate species. land with Juncus scheuchzerioides Gaudich., in the 2. Bucklandiella pacifica (Ireland & J.R.Spence) spring area of a stream running down to Port Couv- Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra reux, 20 November 2006, leg. et det. R. Ochyra 709/ Contributor: R. Ochyra 06 (with Ch. Brumbt) (KRAM). United States of America. Idaho: Clearwater Campylopus purpureocaulis is a wetland moss, County, on rocks along Weitas Creek, 46u459300N which grows in large, compact tufts and owes its 116u039500W, ca 860 m a.s.l., in patch of Bucklan- Latin name to its stems that are densely tomentose diella heterosticha (Hedw.) Bednarek-Ochyra & with reddish rhizoids. It is a south-temperate species Ochyra, 17 September 1950, leg. M. Nelson & with a highly disjunct geographical range that covers K. Wilson 815A (ID). the North and South Islands of New Zealand (Bartlett Bucklandiella pacifica is one of the most distinctive & Frahm, 1983), Tierra del Fuego and Western Pata- North American species of the genus Bucklandiella gonia (Frahm, 1976; Greene, 1986) and some suban- Roiv.; it is characterised by its entirely unistratose tarctic islands in the Kerguelen Biogeographical laminal cells, the lack of basal marginal border, dif- Province in the South Indian Ocean (Frahm, 1985, ferentiated alar cells forming auriculate decurrencies, 1988). In the latter region, C. purpureocaulis has so long-cylindrical capsule and prominently flaring peri- far been recorded only from the Prince Edward Islands stome teeth. Moreover, it is the only species of the (van Zanten, 1971 as C. arboricola Cardot & Dixon; genus in this continent having consistently muticous Ochyra & Hertel, 1990 [1991]) and Iˆles Crozet (Ellis leaves always lacking a hyaline hair point. The et al., 2013c). Hence, its discovery on the Iˆles Kergue- species was regarded as a narrow endemic of the len, the largest and the oldest archipelago in this pro- Pacific coast of North America, ranging from vince was to be expected. It has the richest moss flora southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia in of all subantarctic islands, consisting of about 135 the north, to central California in the south species, many of which have been discovered during (Ochyra & Bednarek-Ochyra, 2007a). It is widely dis- recent field studies (e.g. Blockeel et al., 2009b,c; Ellis tributed in the Pacific Coast Ranges within a rela- et al., 2012a,b). tively narrow zone, up to 200 km inland from the 4. Cephaloziella varians (Gottsche) Steph. coast. Herein, the species is recorded for the first Contributors: S. S¸tefa˘nut¸, R. Ion and A. Manole time from Idaho, where it occurs at a highly disjunct Romania: Southern Carpathians: Bucegi Moun- site situated about 600 km inland from the main part tains, S¸aua Cerbului, Daˆmbovit¸a County, 45u269150 of its range in the Cascade Mountains. This is a well- N, 25u279080E, 2300 m a.s.l., on rocks, 14 June known glacial refugium, usually designated as the 2014, leg. R. Ion & A. Manole s.n., det.S.S¸tefa˘nut¸ ‘‘Clearwater Refugium’’ in which many relictual (BUCA B4709). mesic-adapted vascular plants (Daubenmire, 1975; Cephaloziella varians was collected from the alpine Johnson & Steele, 1978; Gavin, 2009) and mosses zone of the Bucegi Mountains, Ialomit¸a Glacial occur, including Bucklandiella obesa (Frisvoll) Bed- Ring. The plants were growing with other bryophytes narek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Ellis et al., 2014b), Codrio- such as Clevea hyalina (Sommerf.) Lindb., Plagio- phorus norrisii (Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra) chila porelloides (Torrey ex Nees) Lindenb., Scapania Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Bednarek-Ochyra & gymnostomophila Kaal., Distichium inclinatum Ochyra, 2000), Frisvollia varia (Mitt.) Sawicki, Szcze- (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp., Ditrichum gracile (Mitt.) cin´ska, Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Bednarek- Kuntze, Oncophorus virens (Hedw.) Brid., Syntrichia Ochyra, 2006; Sawicki et al., 2015), as well as Den- norvegica F.Weber and Tortula schimperi M.J.Cano, droalsia abietina (Hook.) E.Britton, Homalothecium O.Werner & J.Guerra.

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This is the first report of Cephaloziella varians record has to be deleted. Accordingly, it must still for Romania and the south-eastern Carpathians be considered a Euro-North American species (Fris- (S¸tefa˘nut¸, 2008; S¸tefa˘nut¸ & Goia, 2012). The near- voll, 1983), which was only recently discovered in est other locality for this species is in Hungary the South Island of New Zealand, where it is appar- (Ellis et al., 2014a). The conservation status of ently introduced (Malcolm & Shevock, 2012). In the C. varians in Romania is Critically Endangered – moss flora of China, 22 species of the traditionally CR B1ab(ii,iii)z2ab(ii,iii). interpreted genus Racomitrium are recorded (Cao In Europe, C. varians has been reported from Sval- et al., 2003), but since then four taxa have been bard, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Fin- added, including Niphotrichum canescens (Hedw.) land, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Novaya Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra subsp. latifolium Zemlya, Franz Josef Island, Russia North (So¨der- (C.E.O.Jensen) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Ellis stro¨m et al., 2002), Hungary (Ellis et al., 2014a) et al., 2010), Bucklandiella shevockii Bednarek- and now, Romania. Ochyra & Ochyra (Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra, 5. Codriophorus corrugatus Bednarek-Ochyra 2010b), as well as the aforementioned Niphotrichum Contributors: R. Ochyra, Z.-J. Ren and Z.-T. Zhao elongatum and Codriophorus corrugatus. However, China, Gansu Province: Die-bu County, Hu-Tou the former is here excluded from the flora of China Shan (5 tiger head mountain), 3500 m a.s.l., lat. and the report of C. acicularis (Hedw.) P.Beauv. 34u009N 103u159E, on soil, 25 July 2006, leg. Zun- proved to be erroneous as, correctly, the voucher tian Zhao 200630246 (KRAM, SDNU). material represents C. japonicus (Dozy & Molk.) Codriophorus corrugatus is readily recognised by its Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Bednarek-Ochyra, slender, long-acuminate leaves with a characteristic 2004b). Thus, at present in China, the subfamily serpentine, corrugated and usually extremely wavy Racomitrioideae consists of 24 species and one leaf acumen, which is acute to filiform, concolorous subspecies. or subhyaline and cristate to papillose-crenulate at 6. Conocephalum salebrosum Szweykowski, Bucz- the apex, and short costae that extend to about kowska & Odrzykoski mid-leaf. Despite its distinctness, it was only recently Contributors: A. Stebel and R. Piwowarczyk described as a species in its own right (Bednarek- Georgia, Adjara, Caucasus, Meskheti Range, Ochyra, 2004a, 2006). It is a boreal-temperate oreo- between Kobuleti and Chakhati, north of Kokhi: phyte, penetrating weakly into the Arctic. It has a Kveda Kondidi, moist rocks along the road, on the wide, typical circum-North Pacific distribution pat- slope of the Kintrishi river valley, within the Colchis tern, which is frequently observed in mosses and temperate-subtropical rain forest zone, 41u489100N liverworts (Bednarek-Ochyra et al., 2010). The 41u539590E, 92 m a.s.l., 5 June 2014, leg. species has maximum occurrence in Japan, whilst in R. Piwowarczyk s.n. (KTC, SOSN). mainland Asia it is widely scattered, ranging from Conocephalum salebrosum was described relatively Kamchatka and Yakutia, through southern Siberia recently (Szweykowski et al., 2005), thus its distri- to central China. In North America, C. corrugatus bution is still imperfectly known. Since that time is exceedingly rare and so far it has been recorded many papers have appeared, widening its range only from Alaska. In China, this species has hitherto through the Caucasus and some other areas. been known from Quinghai, Shaanxi and Sichuan C. salebrosum is known from several sites in the Rus- Provinces (Bednarek-Ochyra, 2006). Herein, it is sian part of the mountains (Borovichev et al., 2009; reported from Gansu Province and this discovery Konstantinova et al., 2009a, 2009a,b; Konstantinova, extends its geographical range in central China. The 2011) and its discovery in neighbouring Georgia was material was initially named by the second contribu- to be expected. The hepatic flora of the Adjara is tor, with a question mark, Racomitrium anomodon- fairly well known (Bakalin et al., 2013), but until toides Cardot [; Codriophorus anomodontoides now C. salebrosum had not been reported either (Cardot) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra] which is actu- from this region or from Georgia as a whole. ally closely related to C. corrugatus (Bednarek- 7. Didymodon nicholsonii Culm. Ochyra, 2006). However, it was subsequently Contributors: B. Papp, E. Szurdoki and M. S. renamed Racomitrium elongatum Frisvoll [; Nipho- Sabovljevic´ trichum elongatum (Frisvoll) Bednarek-Ochyra & Serbia: Central Serbia, the Ibar valley between Usˇcé Ochyra] (Liu et al., 2011), although Codriophorus and Maglic´, on the bank of the Ibar river and bark of P.Beauv. and Niphotrichum Bednarek-Ochyra & Salix alba L., 43u33927.30N, 20u37907.00E, 320 m Ochyra are very distinctive segregates of the tra- a.s.l., 26 April 2013, leg./det. Bea´ta Papp, Erzse´bet ditionally conceived Racomitrium Brid. (Sawicki Szurdoki and Marko S. Sabovljevic´ s.n. (BP 188518). et al., 2015). It was the first and the only report of Didymodon nicholsonii was recorded for the first N. elongatum from China and Asia, but now this time in Serbia, in Central Serbia in the Ibar valley

230 Journal of Bryology 2015 VOL.37 NO.3 Bryological Notes gorge between the towns of Usˇcé and Maglic´.Itisa a.s.l., on sides of hummocks in wallows, 24 March rare species growing in small patches on rocks and 1979, leg. B. G. Bell 3036 (AAS, KRAM); (3) exposed roots along streams and rivers, often below south bank of Crique de Navire, near beach, flood level (Smith, 2004). 46u259350S51u519390W, 5 m a.s.l., on side of Poa According to Sabovljevic´ et al. (2008), annua L. covered earth mound in penguin rookery, D. nicholsonii had not been recorded in Serbia until 12 February 1979. leg. B. G. Bell 2497 (AAS, now. In south-eastern Europe, it was known from KRAM); (4) shore at Crique de Noel, 46u279210S Greece, and was recently reported from Montenegro 51u509270W, 5 m a.s.l., on side of Poa annua hum- (Papp et al., 2014). In the Mediterranean area, it has mock, in penguin affected zone, 26 February 1979. been recorded in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, leg. B. G. Bell 2616 (AAS, KRAM); above rocky Turkey and Algeria (Ros et al., 2013). This species cliffs on south-side of Crique de la Chaloupe, seems to show a suboceanic-submediterranean 46u249340S51u519330W, 50 m a.s.l., on dead Poa (Du¨ll, 1984) or suboceanic-temperate (Smith, 2004) hummock, 7 January 1979. leg. B. G. Bell 1680, distribution. Hence, its appearance in Serbia in the 1682 & 1683 (AAS, KRAM). Ibar gorge, strongly influenced by the Mediterranean For a long time Leptodontium proliferum was con- climate, was not a surprise. sidered an altimontane neotropical species known to 8. Leptobryum pyriforme (Hedw.) Wilson occur in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia in South Amer- Contributor: R. Ochyra ica (Churchill et al., 2000) and extending to Mexico Falkland Islands, West Falkland Island: by Pilot in North America (Zander, 1994). Additionally, it Stream valley, Hill Cove (TC 81/89), 51u319080N was once recorded from the subantarctic Prince 60u089370W, ca 137 m a.s.l., dry clay soil on a small Edward Islands (van Zanten, 1971). This classical bank among rocks, associated with Campylopus distribution pattern, exhibited by a number of moss introflexus (Hedw.) Brid., Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) species (e.g. Ochyra et al., 2013; Ochyra & Bed- Lindb., Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid., Polytri- narek-Ochyra, 2014, 2015), was disturbed as the chum piliferum Hedw. and P. juniperinum Hedw., 27 result of a taxonomic conclusion presented by November 2001, leg. D. Broughton 11F (KRAM). Zander (1972) who reduced L. proliferum to syno- Leptobryum pyriforme is a bipolar species with nymy with L. gemmascens (Mitt.) Braithw., a western numerous intermediate occurrences on mountains European endemic species (Porley, 2008). However, in the tropics. In the cool and cold regions in the wes- as convincingly showed by Porley & Edwards tern hemisphere, it is widely scattered in western and (2010), the two species are definitely distinct and southern Patagonia (Ochyra et al., 2008b), and it is L. proliferum is readily distinguished by its dimorphic known from a single record from subantarctic leaves, elongated marginal cells and costa excurrent South Georgia (Ochyra et al., 2002) and two stations as a proboscis. In young leaves, the proboscis pro- in the maritime Antarctic (Blockeel et al., 2006b; duces gemmae in great profusion, usually over 100 Ochyra et al., 2008b). Additionally, the species was per cluster. The species was lately discovered in once recorded in East Falkland Island (Matteri, Lesotho in southern Africa, which established its 1986) and here its range is extended to West Falkland Afro-American range, a distribution pattern exhib- Island. The moss flora of the Falkland Islands is still ited by over 80 species of moss (e.g. Buck & Griffin, incompletely known and consists of about 150 1984; Ochyra et al., 1992; Delgadillo, 1993; Wilbra- species. Matteri (2003) reported 146 species, two sub- ham & Matcham, 2010). Some of the species with species and eight varieties from this archipelago, but this distribution pattern extend to subantarctic no fewer than three species and two varieties from islands in the Kerguelen Biogeographical Province her list are identical to other species and should be in the South Indian Ocean, and L. proliferum is a excluded from the flora. However, these losses are typical example of this type of distribution. The compensated for by several additional moss species species is widespread in the Prince Edward Islands (Allen & Magill, 2003; Blockeel et al., 2003; Bed- where it is apparently a post-glacial immigrant narek-Ochyra & Ochyra, 2003; Ochyra & Broughton, (Van der Putten et al., 2010), growing in the coastal 2004; Ireland et al., 2005; Ellis et al., 2010, 2011b). areas at low elevations, usually in tussock grasslands 9. Leptodontium proliferum Herzog dominated by Poa cookii (Hook.f.) Hook.f. on well Contributor: R. Ochyra drained soil on slopes with a moderate to strong Iˆles Crozet, Iˆle de la Possession: (1) south slopes of influence of animals, including seals and penguins valley of Rivie`re du Camp, 46u259220S, 51u519320W, (Gremmen, 1981). Herein, the range of 75 m a.s.l., on exposed dry soil near penguin L. proliferum is extended to the Iˆles Crozet, a suban- colony, 11 January 1979. leg. B. G. Bell 1763 tarctic archipelago situated about 900 km to the east (AAS, KRAM); (2) Crique du Navire, centre of La of the Prince Edward Islands, where it grows in simi- Grande Manchotiere, 46u259320S51u519400W, 0 m lar environmental conditions. This is a remarkable

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addition to the moss flora of this archipelago, which and was considered to have vanished. However, until recently was the least studied of all subantarctic Ignatov & Lewinsky-Haapasaari (1994) found it in islands. As a result of intensive field studies, a good the Altai Mountains in South Siberia. Owing to number of species have been added to the moss intensive field research, new data regarding its occur- flora (e.g. Blockeel et al., 2006a; Ellis et al., 2014b), rence have been published during the last few years. which currently consists of about 70 species. Currently, the species is known from the Caucasus 10. Niphotrichum pygmaeum (Frisvoll) Bednarek- (Venturi, 1887; Akatova, 2002; Akatova et al., Ochyra & Ochyra 2004; Otte, 2004), Pontic Mountains (Lara et al., Contributor: R. Ochyra 2010), Altai Mountains (Ignatov & Lewinsky-Haapa- U.S.A., Oregon: Clackamas County, Mt. Hood, saari, 1994; Hradı´lek et al., 2011), and now also from above Timberline Lodge, ca 45u109N 121u509W, on the Tian-Shan Mountains. silty slope, 17 August 1979, leg. W. B. Schofied & In Kyrgyzstan, Orthotrichum vladikavkanum was J. H. Lyford 74075 (KRAM, UBC). first collected in 2013 by a Czech-Polish expedition. Niphotrichum pygmaeum is the rarest and smallest It occurred in the eastern part of the country in a species of the genus Niphotrichum Bednarek-Ochyra montane area of the Tian-Shan Range. The species & Ochyra, which has hitherto only been known grew on the bark of a solitary Picea schrenkiana from a few collections in narrow coastal areas of along a public road. The moss cushions were located southern British Columbia and Washington (Fris- at 1.5 and 2 m above the ground, with an eastern voll, 1983; Ochyra & Bednarek-Ochyra, 2007b). exposure. All of the populations were richly fertile. Herein, its geographical range is extended to the Cas- Examples of associated species include Orthotrichum cade Volcanic Arc in northern Oregon. The species is speciosum Nees and O. crenulatum Mitt. known only in the barren state, sporophytes have Superficially, Orthotrichum vladikavkanum closely never been found. The Pacific coast of North Amer- resembles O. speciosum, but it can be easily distin- ica north of Mexico is a remarkable centre of species guished, even in the field, by the configuration of diversity for the Racomitrioideae, which consists of its peristome. Although both species have an exo- five genera of the traditionally broadly conceived stome formed by 8 pairs of teeth, the number of genus Racomitrium Brid. (Sawicki et al., 2015). endostome segments differs; 8 in O. speciosum and Of 28 species of this subfamily now known to 16 in O. vladikavkanum. Moreover, the endostome occur in North America (Ochyra, 2007), no fewer segments in the latter species are orange and remark- than ten are endemics of the western part of the con- ably broad (almost as wide as the teeth) while in tinent, including five species of Bucklandiella Roiv., O. speciosum they are thin and white. one of Niphotrichum, one of Frisvollia Sawicki, Szcze- 12. Plagiothecium membranosulum Mu¨ll.Hal. cin´ska, Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra and three of Contributor: R. Ochyra Codriophorus P.Beauv. (Bednarek-Ochyra, 2000, Kenya: (1) bushland in Limuru near Nairobi, 2006). 1u069S36u389E, 7000 ft [52290 m] a.s.l., tree trunk, 11. Orthotrichum vladikavkanum Vent. February 1915, leg. E. Du¨mmer 1761, det. H. N. Contributors: V. Pla´sˇek, A. Nowak, M. Nobis, J. Dixon as Plagiothecium monbuttoviae (Mu¨ll.Hal.) Sawicki and L. Cˇ ´halı A.Jaeger (BM – Hb. Dixon – BM000670409); (2) Middle Asia, Kyrgyzstan: Tian-Shan Range, 66 km Mount Kenya, 0u099S37u189E, 6500–12500 ft E from Issyk Kul lake, 42 km E of Karakol City, [51980–3810 m] a.s.l., 1924, leg. A. Allan 1034 valley of Turgen-Aksu, on bark of Picea schrenkiana (BM – Hb. Dixon BM000670412); (3) Nyandarua Fisch. & C.A.Mey. along public road (No. A364), County (former Central Province), Kinangop north GPS coordinates (WGS 84): 42u30910.80N of Nairobi, 0u369S36u429E, 4000 m a.s.l., 20 Febru- 78u55957.40E, 2622 m a.s.l., 14 June 2013, leg. ary 1910, leg. G. Balbo 481 (BM – Hb. Dixon – V. Pla´sˇek (OSTR # B265). BM000670410); (4) same region, Gasongori hill, A total of 19 taxa of the genus Orthotrichum (incl. Tuthu forest, 2400 m a.s.l., on trees, 26 August Nyholmiella) have previously been reported from 1908, leg. G. Balbo 472 (BM – Hb. Dixon – Kyrgyzstan (Lazarenko, 1938; Rakhmatulina, 1970, BM000670411). 1990; Lewinsky-Haapasaari, 1994; Mamatkulov Plagiothecium membranosulum is widespread in et al., 1998; Ignatov et al., 2006; Ellis et al., southern Africa, including the Republic of South 2014a,c, 2015a,b). The specimen cited above is an Africa and Lesotho (O’Shea, 2006), and is also epiphytic moss new to the bryoflora of the country. known from Rwanda and Uganda in Central Orthotrichum vladikavkanum was first described by Africa (Ellis et al., 2014a) and in the Kilimanjaro Venturi (1887) from the vicinity of Vladikavkaz Mountains in Tanzania (Ellis et al., 2012c) in East (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania). Subsequently Africa. Additionally, the species is known from the the species was not recorded for more than a century isolated station on Reúnion Island in the East

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Indian Ocean (Ellis et al., 2011a). Here, the East Cape Verde: Fogo (Fogo Island), Santa Catarina African range of P. membranosulum is extended to do Fogo, Monte Escora, on soil associated with Kenya where the species was recorded in the Riccia atromarginata Levier, 14u519580N southern and central part of the country. 24u209290W, 754 m a.s.l., 25 September 2010, leg. In Central Province, it reaches its highest elevation I. Melo & J. Cardoso (LISU257387). of 4000 m a.s.l. Like elsewhere, the moss occurred This is the first report of Riccia crinita in Cape epiphytically on tree boles in the montane rain for- Verde. Jovet-Ast (2000) synonymized Riccia tricho- ests at low and high elevations. carpa Howe with this name and reported it from 13. Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi many areas with Mediterranean and tropical influ- subsp. australis R.M.Schust. ences. Elsewhere in the world, it is known from Contributors: E. A. Borovichev and V. A. Bakalin Africa (Perold, 1999), North and South America China. Guizhou Province, Guiyaang City area, (Jovet-Ast, 1991), and Australia (Jovet-Ast, 2000). Qianling Park, 26u35938.90N 106u41932.50E, 1100 The known distribution of R. crinita, as recorded a.s.l., broadleaved (mostly evergreen) forest on by Jovet-Ast (1986), Bischler (2004), So¨derstro¨m steep slope to valley, moist bare clay, in part shade, et al. (2002) and Ros et al. (2007) includes: Bosnia- in mats, with female receptacle and antheridia, 18 Herzegovina, Baleares, Canary Islands, Corsica, November 2013, leg. V.A. Bakalin (VBGI: Crete, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, China50-40-13; duplicate in KPABG). Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Por- This is the first report of Reboulia hemisphaerica tugal, Serbia and Tunisia in the Mediterranean subsp. australis in China. The nearest other records Region. Its distribution can therefore be regarded for the subspecies are in Krasnoyarsk Territory and as sub-cosmopolitan, frequently occurring in semi- Republic of Tyva (Russian Siberia) (Ellis et al., arid and arid zones, on soil crusts (e.g. Australia 2014b). The subspecies has a disjunctive distribution; see Eldridge & Tozer, 1996). it has also been reported from eastern North America, 16. Riccia macrocarpa Levier New Zealand (Schuster, 1985), southern Europe Contributors: C. Se´rgio and I. Melo (Schuster, 1992), northern Europe (Damsholt, 2002) Cape Verde: Sto Antaõ Island, Porto Novo, Pico and the Caucasus (Konstantinova, 2011). da Cruz, on exposed soil over rocks, 17u069190N 14. Riccia atromarginata Levier 25u029460W, 1447 m a.s.l., 29 September 2010, leg. Contributors: C. Se´rgio and I. Melo I. Melo & J. Cardoso (LISU257378). Cape Verde: Fogo (Fogo Island), Santa Catarina Until 1992 Riccia macrocarpa was considered a do Fogo, Monte Escora, on soil associated with Mediterranean species (Jovet-Ast, 1986) known to Riccia crinita Taylor, 14u519580N24u209290W, occur in the majority of countries from Portugal to 754 m a.s.l., 25 September 2010, leg. I. Melo & Turkey, and including Madeira and the Canary J. Cardoso (LISU257388). Islands (Ros et al., 2007). Riccia atromarginata is here newly recorded for the However, Se´rgio in 1992 whilst revising the type of bryoflora of the Cape Verde Archipelago which R. macrocarpa and some specimens of the North expands its latitudinal range to almost 14u American species, Riccia campbelliana M.Howe N. In Europe, it is widely distributed in the Mediter- from its original locality (NY, MO), concluded that ranean area (Jovet-Ast, 1986; Bischler, 2004), but not these species were indistinguishable and should be in sub-Saharan Africa, while only R. atromarginata considered conspecific. This suggested a much var. jovet-astiae Rauh & Buchloh is reported from broader distribution for this species, also including Madagascar and Socotra (Ku¨rschner, 2000). a record from South Africa (Perold & Volk, 1988; In Macaronesia, R. atromarginata is known from Perold, 1991, 1999). Wheeler (2000), in a molecular the Canary Islands and Madeira (Ros et al., 2007). phylogenetic study of the genus Riccia, confirmed It can be considered an amphi-atlantic species as its that the two entities were indeed conspecific and pre- occurrence is also mentioned in few areas in the cen- sented the distribution of the species in an interesting tral part of America, in Mexico and Texas (Bischler- map. It is suggested that this liverwort may have dis- Causse et al., 2005). R. atromarginata is restricted to persed across the land prior to the fission of Pangea. open habitats in semi-arid and arid areas with high Herein, the distribution of this Riccia is extended drought conditions. to West Africa, being found on a small Island of Sporophytes were observed in the specimen, and the Cape Verde Archipelago. The present discovery the spores exhibited the characteristic features of on Sto. Antaõ Island, fills the gap in its African the species, such as their large size, up to 125 mm and Macaronesian distribution. diameter, and the absence of a wing. R. macrocarpa is scarce in South Africa, occurring 15. Riccia crinita Taylor mainly in the lowlands, and is also recorded from Contributors: C. Se´rgio and I. Melo Socotra (Ku¨rschner, 2003; Wigginton, 2004).

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In summary, the species has a bicentric distri- According to the authors, R. mediterranea is found bution, with one centre in the Old World, in the submerged in seasonal ponds of fresh to slightly Mediterranean region and scattered in southern and brackish water in Spain (including the Balearic eastern Africa, and a second centre of occurrence in Islands), Malta and Israel; recently R. mediterranea North America where it has been reported from Cali- was found in two ephemeral Moroccan lakes (Ellis fornia to the Gulf of Mexico (Wheeler, 2000). et al., 2014c). These conditions are also met in Para- In the Mediterranean region, R. macrocarpa pre- limni Lake. This is the first record of the species for fers acidic and dry soils (Bischler, 2004). The present Cyprus and the second of the genus Riella (Ellis collection from Sto. Antaõ Island was found in an et al., 2012a). area of volcanic origin, more or less exposed near 18. Scapania schljakovii Potemkin 1500 m a.s.l., associated with Exormotheca pustulosa Contributors: Y. Xiong and V. A. Bakalin Mitt., Plagiochasma rupestre (G.Forst.) Steph., China: Yunnan Province, Gongshan County, east Mannia androgyna (L.) A.Evans, Didymodon austra- slope of Gaoligong Shan, Qi Qi trail above Deng- lasiae (Hook. & Grev.) R.H.Zander, Bryum canar- xiaofang, 23u419430N98u289060E, 3333 m a.s.l., out- iense Brid., Pleurochaete squarrosa (Brid.) Lindb., crop above stream, 27 September 2006, leg. D.G. Ptychomitrium subcrispatum The´r. & P.de la Varde, Long & J.R. Shevock 37152 (MO-6230476, duplicate Bryum apiculatum Schwa¨gr., Campylopus pilifer in VBGI). Brid., and some lichens in the genera Cladonia Scapania schljakovii was described relatively P.Browne, Anaptychia L. and Toninia A.Massal. recently (Potemkin, 2001) from Sikkim in India and 17. Riella mediterranea Segarra-Moragues, Puche, until now was only known from the type locality. Sabovljevic´, Infante & Heras The species was regarded as the most advanced Contributors: I. Tziortzis and R. Barone member of Scapania (Dumort.) Dumort. sect. Scapa- Cyprus: Paralimni Lake, Famagusta district nia. It resembles S. ornithopodioides (With.) Waddell, 35u01954.160N33u58922.870E, 67 m a.s.l. sediments but differs in several characters, including its non- collected on 19 September 2013, leg. I. Tziortzis decurrent leaf lobes, relatively large dorsal lobe and s.n., det. R. Barone (Herbarium of Rossella Barone). the shape of the trigones in its leaf cells. Another Cultures of sediments collected from the east shore relative of S. schljakovii is S. himalayica Mu¨ll.Frib., of Paralimni Lake during the dry phase of the lake which differs from the former in having leaf margins revealed a population of Riella Mont. Paralimni with fuscous borders and regularly dentate to the Lake is a slightly brackish seasonally flooded shallow base, cells less thickened in mid-lobe and thickened body of water in the southeast part of Cyprus. The cell walls along the leaf margin. This present obser- examination of the gametophytes showed that they vation confirms S. schljakovii as a distinct species corresponded to a dioicous species, and both male and extends its known distribution. Taking in to and female individuals appeared in culture. Female account the close relationships between the hepatic plants developed winged archegonial involucres floras of the Himalayas and Yunnan, this new which is indicative of species in the subgenus Trabu- record was not unexpected. tiella Porsild. These involucres were acuminate and 19. Schistidium rivulariopsis (R.S.Williams) Ochyra showed discontinuous wings (10–12), as is character- Contributor: R. Ochyra istic of the recently described R. mediterranea Colombia: Departamento Santander, vicinity of (Segarra-Moragues et al., 2014). The unreticulated Vetas, 3100–3250 m a.s.l., open rocky hillsides, on spores (108–120|106–118 mm), showed distal wet rock, 16–20 January 1927, leg. E. P. Killip & spines rounded at the apex (12–16 mm) and acute A. C. Smith 17392 (US). proximal spines (6–10 mm). Riella (Montagne, 1852) Schistidium rivulariopsis is a neglected Andean has a worldwide distribution and includes about 24 species which until recently was considered to be con- taxa that commonly grow submerged in clean, shal- specific with S. rivulare (Brid.) Podp. (Deguchi, low, fresh or brackish waters of seasonal ponds, 1987). However, it has been reinstated as a species streams, and more rarely, in permanent lakes in in its own right (Ochyra & Bednarek-Ochyra, arid or semiarid regions. About half of these species 2011), and differs from S. rivulare in its possession are found growing in the Mediterranean basin of small and minutely papillose spores, 12–13 mm (Segarra-Moragues et al., 2014). Riella mediterranea diam., the lack of stomata and entire margins at is a dioicous liverwort belonging to the subgenus the leaf apex. The species has hitherto been known Trabutiella of the Riellaceae family. It has only only from the type material from Peru, and here its recently been recognised as a distinct species, since range is extended to the northern Andes of Colom- previous studies repeatedly misidentified specimens bia. Bartram (1955) reported it from Ecuador, but as other species such as R. helicophylla or his material does not belong within this species R. cossoniana (Segarra-Moragues et al., 2014). (Ochyra & Bednarek-Ochyra, 2011). Schistidium

234 Journal of Bryology 2015 VOL.37 NO.3 Bryological Notes rivulariopsis is a rheophytic moss growing in montane France: Haute-Loire, Coubon, Orzilhac, Mont- brooks, usually in swiftly flowing water or on other- Saint-Maurice, 03u56908.50E45u01902.20N, 750 m wise wet rocks. Consequently, it exhibits some adap- a.s.l., 2 September 2014, leg. V. Hugonnot s.n. tations to this type of habitat, of which the most (Herb. Conservatoire botanique national du Massif important is the presence of multistratose fleshy lim- central) bidia that extend from the leaf base to the apex, and The material collected in Haute-Loire possessed strongly excurrent, multistratose costae (Ochyra, features entirely matching those of Syntrichia 1985, 1987). minor. The leaf cells with branched, pedicellate papil- 20. Syntrichia calcicola J.J.Amann lae were most characteristic, leaf margins were plane Contributor: C. Se´rgio and C.A. Garcia or weakly recurved at the leaf base, and the costa in Portugal: Tra´s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, pr. Silva, transverse section failed to show hydroids. S. minor is to Campo das Vı´boras, 29TQF1398, 650 m a.s.l., on reported to be dioicous (Gallego, 2005), but the col- wet slope of a crystalline limestone quarry, August lected specimens were sterile, without gametangia or 2002, leg. Gabriel Se´rgio (LISU 257333). sporophytes. In the course of studying bryophyte collections The taxonomy of Syntrichia minor has been clarified from north-eastern Portugal, some remarkable in recent times (Gallego et al., 2000). Following these species of phytogeographical and ecological signifi- authors, S. minor is best considered as a separate cance were identified, one of them, Syntrichia calci- species and not as a subspecies of S. virescens cola, being a new record for the Portuguese (DeNot.) Ochyra as presented in Ochyra (1988) and bryoflora. Kramer (1980). The type of papillae adorning the This species was found growing on basic rocks in a leaves is most important in distinguishing mineral-rich, very exposed calcareous habitat. It was S. virescens from S. minor.InS. minor, the lumen of easily recognized by the morphological character- each cell strongly protrudes from both sides of the istics of the gametophyte, with leaves ovate and not leaf in a high columnar, hollow conical projection, constricted in mid-leaf; leaf margins recurved crowned with digitiform extensions. By contrast, in almost to 2/3 of the lamina, costa without hydroids S. virescens the cells are covered with 2-4 low papillae. and mid-lamina cells that vary from 12 to 18 ({20) Otherwise, S. minor shares with S. virescens the mostly mm diam. plane leaves, constricted lamina, poor development of In the same area we found Syntrichia princeps (De stereid bands and absence of hydroids. The overall Not.) Mitt., S. montana Nees, S. ruralis (Hedw.) appearance of the plants is very similar in the field, F.Weber & D.Mohr, Encalypta vulgaris Hedw., although S. minor can show a more pronounced glau- Grimmia pulvinata (Hedw.) Sm. and Schistidium hel- cous tinge owing to its peculiar type of papillae. veticum (Schkuhr) Deguchi, which grow nearby, or S. minor could be confused with two species that pos- almost in close association. sess similar papillae, namely S. echinata (Schiffn.) The soil in the region was predominantly acidic. Herrnst. & Ben-Sasson and S. papillosissima (Copp.) However, it is a geologically complex area, with car- Loeske. Syntrichia minor differs from S. echinata by bonate rocks, sandstones, clays, shale, and grey- its lack of hydroids and from S. papillosissima by its wacke, among other less representative rocks. The mid-leaf constriction, and in the latters more numer- annual mean precipitation is ca 650 mm and the ous dorsal layers of stereids in the costa (Gallego, annual mean temperature is 11uCwithca 2600 2005). Syntrichia echinata and S. papillosissima are annual hours of sunlight. not recorded for France. Syntrichia calcicola is a widespread species, Syntrichia minor was observed in very small cush- distributed in Europe, south-western Asia and in ions of 10 cm2 at the base of a basaltic cliff with a some countries of the Mediterranean basin, from south-west aspect. Immediate associates included North Africa (Morocco) to Turkey, but not in Grimmia laevigata (Brid.) Brid., G. ovalis (Hedw.) Macaronesia (Gallego et al., 2002; Ros et al., 2013). Lindb. and Schistidium flaccidum (De Not.) Ochrya. It is relatively common in Spain and in Mallorca This type of bryophyte vegetation is classically (Gallego, 2006; Casas et al., 2006), so this new occur- referred to the association Grimmietum commutato- rence in Portugal extends the known distribution campestris v. Krus. 1945 which is a typical, and of the species into the western Iberian Peninsula. very extensive, community colonizing basaltic dry Moreover, its habitat conforms to the typical rocks in full sun. Syntrichia minor was previously ecological preferences of this element of the family thought of as an epiphyte (Gallego et al., 2000; Gal- Pottiaceae. lego, 2006) but has been found in rock fissures with 21. Syntrichia minor (Bizot) M.T.Gallego, accumulated soil (Gallego, 2005). The present J.Guerra, M.J.Cano, Ros & Sańchez-Moya record demonstrates that the species can also grow Contributor: V. Hugonnot directly on rocks. It is recorded from Cyprus on an

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old juniper tree (Blockeel, 2003), a substrate which Festuca nitida Kit. This community was spread over typically and frequently harbours rock-dwelling ca 250 m2 and was bordered by low shrubs of Salix species. It was recorded on unprotected soils on lime- waldsteiniana Willd., which form another frigoriphi- stone (Blockeel et al., 2002) but the species could well lous community Salicetum waldsteinianae Beger prove to be rather indifferent to the nature of rock. 1922. In the moss flora, another arctic-montane Syntrichia minor is predominantly a Mediterranean species, Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Huebener) species, known to occur in North Africa (Morocco), T.J.Kop., is very abundant, and this is the only southwest Asia (Lebanon), Macaronesia and Europe known locality in Croatia (Blockeel et al., 2009c). (Canary Islands, Cyprus, Greece, Spain; Gallego, Further bryophytes that were present include Sanio- 2005). The species had not been recorded in nia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske, Orhothecium rufescens France, and the Auvergne locality marks a significant (Dicks. ex Brid.) Schimp., Campylium protensum northward extension of its known distribution. It is (Brid.) Kindb., Campylophyllum halleri (Hedw.) apparently a rare species worldwide. Given that M.Fleisch., Sciuro-hypnum reflexum (Starke) Ignatov basaltic outcrops at comparable altitudes are very & Huttunen, Platydictya jungermannioides (Brid.) frequent and most often host a similar bryoflora, H.A.Crum, Hypnum bambergeri Schimp., Plagiopus S. minor is almost certainly under-recorded. This oederianus (Sw.) H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson, and type of habitat is generally totally free of human dis- Plagiochilla porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb. turbance so that conservation of the associated bryo- among others. flora is not problematic. The population of S. norvegica was vigorous, 22. Syntrichia norvegica F.Weber forming dozens of dense patches of several dm2 on Contributors: A. Alegro, V. Sˇegota and B. Papp rocks and among other bryophytes and herbs. Croatia: Dinaric Alps, northern Velebit Moun- Plants were typically developed, deep green, with tains, Rozˇanski kukovi peaks area, bottom of deep long, reddish leaf points, but capsules were not doline, north from Novotnijev kuk peak, found. 44u45956.10N14u59925.40E, 1540 m a.s.l., NE 23. Tetraplodon angustatus (Hedw.) Bruch & exposure, in stands of the frigoriphilous herb com- Schimp. munity Drepanoclado uncinati-Heliospermetum pusil- Contributor: V. Hugonnot lae, and the adjacent low shrub community France: Haute-Loire, Freycenet-la-Cuche, foreˆt Salicetum waldsteinianae, 19 September 2014, leg. et domaniale du Me´zenc, Roche du Bachat, det. A. Alegro s.n. (Herb. ZA). 04u05933.30E, 44u55900.60N, 1360 m a.s.l., 5 August Syntrichia norvegica is a circumpolar arctic-mon- 2014, leg. V. Hugonnot s.n. (Herb. Conservatoire tane species (Smith, 2004), rare at lower altitudes botanique national du Massif central) and in southern Europe (Frey et al., 2006). It is The collected specimens possessed narrow leaves known from several south-eastern European with a long subula, which were more or less distinctly countries (Sabovljevic´ et al., 2008) and now it is serrate in their upper half, and agreed very well with recorded for the first time in Croatia. Regarding its the descriptions provided in Frisvoll (1978) and conservation status, S. norvegica is red listed in Crum & Anderson (1981). The size of individual Great Britain (EN), Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia shoots was very variable, with very small shoots (VU), Bulgaria (NT), Hungary (DD), Romania being located at the periphery of the tufts and (VU) and Estonia (VU) (Hodgetts, 2014). larger ones in the centre. It was found in the northern Velebit Mountains, in The geology consisted of phonolitic lava with a an area with the most outstanding and extreme karst low silica content that formed impressive boulders relief, with steep slopes, perpendicular rocks, screes on the flanks of Roche de Bachat. Five dense and deep dolines. The locality is situated in the clumps of moss, bearing a profusion of sporophytes, Pinus mugo Turra belt, but owing to its position in were found on fox scats, which had been left scat- the shaded bottom of a deep, funnel-shaped doline tered as marker points in the scree. The substrate with slopes inclined at more than 70u, the zonal veg- was full of small bones, and no other bryophytes etation is replaced by frigoriphilous communities. were found in admixture. Otherwise, the bryoflora The main community on the very bottom is Drepano- of the scree was typically composed of Gymnomitrion clado uncinati-Heliospermetum pusillae Surina & Vresˇ concinnatum (Lightf.) Corda, Marsupella funckii 2004, which encompasses many species of cold habi- (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Dumort. and Racomitrium tats characterized by long-lasting snow cover, e.g. sudeticum (Funck) Bruch & Schimp., growing on Saxifraga sedoides L. subsp. prenja (Beck) Beck (gla- dry acidic boulders. Tetraplodon angustatus cial relict in the Velebit), Heliosperma pusillum grows mostly on top of rocks and more (Waldst. & Kit.) Rchb., Polygonum viviparum L., exceptionally in bogs. It typically colonizes decaying Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt, Poa alpina L. and animal carcasses, droppings and bird pellets

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(Cykowska-Marzencka, 2013) in scree, or more Syntrichia minor. The work of V. Bakalin was sup- exceptionally on ombrotrophic peat-bog (Stebel ported by the grants from the Russian Foundation et al., 2004). It is a common feature of known popu- for the Basic Research (13-04-00775, 15-34-20101). lations that it occurs in small quantities (Meinunger The contributions by R. Ochyra have been financially & Schro¨der, 2007). supported by the Polish National Centre of Science Tetraplodon angustatus is a boreal montane species through grant No. N N 303 796 940. He is also with a circumpolar range in the Holarctic. It is thankful to the Curators at BM, ID, S, UBC and known in northern North America, Greenland, US for the loan of herbarium materials. The field Asia and Europe, where it is mostly a Fennoscandian work of R. Ochyra and Marc Lebouvier on the Iˆles species. In central Europe, it is recorded in the Alps, Kerguelen was organised within the programme 136 Sudetes and Carpathians (Szmajda et al., 1991). Its ECOBIO of the French Polar Institute (IPEV). westernmost occurrences are in the Scottish High- I. Tziortzis and R. Barone are very grateful to Dr lands, the centre of Ireland and north Wales Federico Marrone who enabled the sediment cultiva- (Rothero, 2014). The Massif Central locality of Tet- tion for all samples and give special thanks to Dr raplodon angustatus is at the southern limit of its Jose Gabriel Segarra-Moragues, who confirmed the European range. It is not known to occur in the Pyr- Cyprus specimen as R. mediterranea and provided enees or in the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula. valuable support. The genus Tetraplodon is poorly represented in Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Nil. France, with only T. angustatus and T. mnioides (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. The latter was recently References recorded in the Jura (Philippe, 2013). 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Molecular circumscription and intraspeciﬁc variation in Porella canariensis (F.Weber) Underw. (Porellaceae, Marchantiophyta)

Tina Lopes1,2, Michael Stech3,4, Susana Fontinha5, Manuela Sim-Sim1,2

1Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Cieˆncias de Lisboa, DBV, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Portugal, 2Museu Nacional de Histo´ria Natural e da Cieˆncia, Lisboa, Portugal, 3Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 4Leiden University, The Netherlands, 5ISOPlexis Universidade da Madeira/DSBIO-DRADR-SRA, Campus da Penteada, Portugal

The cosmopolitan genus Porella L. is the largest and lack of stable morphological characters, genus of Porellaceae with about 50–60 species suggesting recent and still ongoing processes of spe- (Schuster, 1980). Identification of Porella species ciation (Swails, 1970; Schuster, 1980). can be difficult, due to high morphological plasticity Porella canariensis (F.Weber) Underw. occurs in Macaronesia (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands) and the Iberian Peninsula Correspondence to: T. Lopes, Museu Nacional de Histo´ria Natural e da (Fontinha, 2004; Ros et al., 2007; Casas et al., Cieˆncia, Jardim Botaˆnico/CBA, Rua da Escola Politećnica, no. 58, 1250- 102 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: [email protected] 2009). It is characterized by imbricate leaves with

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