Cecília Sérgio

• PhD
• Senior Researcher at University of Lisbon

Frullania is one of the largest genera of liverworts in Europe with morphologically polymorphic species in the Holarctic region, giving rise to reservations regarding the delimitation of some taxa. Initially described by Stephani (1887) from Portugal, Frullania calcarifera is a neglected liverwort in the semi-cryptic F. tamarisci complex. Following...

A Lejeuneaceae updated checklist for São Tomé and Príncipe is presented, including 69 species, being 32 taxa endemic, 23 new records to São Tomé and Príncipe, and 10 new records to Africa. This checklist has been carried out, based on the study of ca. 600 samples housed at LISU herbarium collected by the second author in his postdoctoral project, o...

Epipterygium atlanticum Hanusch is a recently described species based on plants occurring mainly in Macaronesia, with one collection from Scotland. Against this background, we studied 144 specimens of E. tozeri s.l. in LISU herbarium from mainland Portugal, including recent field collections, and 70 were referable to E. atlanticum. The length and w...

This chapter aims to present a review of the knowledge of the bryological flora for the São Tomé and Príncipe Islands (Gulf of Guinea). An updated catalogue is presented, as well as a brief overview of the first expeditions conducted by the University of Coimbra. The labels of the historical herbarium collections and correspondence were analyzed, w...

Introduction Recent bryological research in Portugal has revealed the occurrence of a little-known segregate of the Riccia sorocarpa group, representing the first record for mainland Portugal and the Azores of Riccia sorocarpa Bisch. subsp. erythrophora R.M.Schust. ex Konstant. & L.Söderstr. New data are presented on the taxonomy and phytogeography...

Descrevem-se 4 novas associações da classe Isoeto-Nanojuncetea para a Província Costeiro-Lusitana-Andaluza Ocidental. Informação bioclimática, biogeográfica, bem como sobre as espécies caraterísticas e posição sintaxonómica de cada comunidade é apresentada. Palavras-chave: depressão topográfica, habitat aquático; Isoeto-Nanojuncetea; sintáxones; ve...

Introduction Codonoblepharon forsteri (Dicks.) Goffinet is a rare epiphytic moss characteristically associated with water-filled holes in trees. We reviewed its range and population and assessed effects of climate change. Methods An inventory of sites from where Codonoblepharon forsteri has been recorded was compiled. Extent of occurrence (EOO) an...

During bryological work conducted in the Sharon plane region (Israel), a colony of Acaulon Müll. Hal. was discovered. The plants showed morphological affinities both to A. longifolium Herrnst. & Heyn and A. fontiquerianum Casas & Sérgio depending on the floras used for their identification which challenged their recognition as separate species. In...

An overview of 27 sites of botanical interest in mainland Portugal.

Introduction The Cape Verdean bryophyte flora comprises representatives of various floristic elements including Afrotropical, Neotropical, Mediterranean and Asiatic elements, together with some endemic taxa. However, the knowledge of Cape Verdean bryophytes lags far behind that of vascular plants. Methods A total of seven sites were sampled during...

Among terrestrial plant species, male dwarfism (nannandry) is a unique feature of bryophytes, common in numerous dioicous pleurocarpous mosses. In this study, our objective was to describe and to elucidate the incidence of dwarf males in Portuguese populations of Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp and H. meridionale (M. Fleisch. & Warnst.) Heden...

The 'Rand flora' is a biogeographical disjunction which refers to plant lineages occurring at the margins of the African continent and neighbouring oceanic archipelagos. Here, we tested whether the phylogeographical pattern of Exormotheca pustulosa Mitt. was the result of vicariance induced by past climatic changes or the outcome of a series of rec...

Introduction. During an investigation into the world-wide distribution of Anthoceros caucasicus Steph., we examined a voucher collected from Sierra Leone by A. J. Harrington in 1966 and subsequently studied by E. W. Jones. Methods. Based on spore observations using light and scanning electron microscopy we found that three Anthocerotophyta taxa wer...

Recent progresses of knowledge on Riccia diversity in Cape Verde islands are briefly surveyed. The occurrence of two remarkable Riccia species in this archipelago is examined, and their overall distribution is presented. Riccia atropurpurea Sim and R. congoana Steph. are noteworthy liverwort species, here reported for the first time for Cape Verde...

This Red List is a summary of the conservation status of the European species of mosses, liverworts and hornworts, collectively known as bryophytes, evaluated according to IUCN’s Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Level. It provides the first comprehensive, region-wide assessment of bryophytes and it identifies those s...

The European Red List is a review of the status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level – in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status. This publication is a summary of the conservation status of...

The story of cryptogamic studies in the Iberian Peninsula is inseparable of the origins of Porto University and Instituto Nun’Alvres herbaria. Both share intertwined botanists of late 19 and early 20th centuries that often corresponded and united efforts to gather the greatest information on plants and fungi other botanists did not venture to study...

Questions Despite the increasing scientific interest in distance decay of compositional similarity in ecology, the scale dependence of geographical versus environmental control on distance decay of biological communities has not been properly addressed so far. The present work highlights the relative importance of niche‐based processes versus dispe...

Background: During the LIFE-CWR project "Ecological Restoration and Conservation of Praia da Vitória Coastal Wet Green Infrastructures", there was the opportunity to undertake a systematic record of bryophytes at Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP), three coastal wetland areas of P...

The Natura 2000 network is crucial to conserve biodiversity in the European Union and provides hotspots for certain ecosystem services. Grazing, a common land use in different Natura 2000 habitat types, may contribute to the maintenance of protected plant communities and reduce fuel loads and wildfire hazard. Our study aims to assess the effects of...

Islands harbour evolutionary and ecologically unique biota, which are currently disproportionately threatened by a multitude of anthropogenic factors, including habitat loss, invasive species and climate change. Native forests on oceanic islands are important refugia for endemic species, many of which are rare and highly threatened. Long-term monit...

The family Brachytheciaceae in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands

Campylopus introflexus, listed as one of the 100 worst alien taxa in Europe, is an example of a recent introduction in this region. It became an invasive species in Portugal only twenty years ago, but is now known from more than 200 localities, where it occupies extensive areas and numerous microhabitats. Several studies have highlighted the method...

Two peat moss species, frequent both in the mainland Portugal and in the Azores archipelago, were evaluated for essential oil composition and establishment under in vitro culture. Sphagnum auriculatum and Sphagnum subnitens essential oils were isolated by hydrodistillation and analysed by Gas Chromatography (GC) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrom...

Aims. This study proposes to investigate the response of biodiversity and distributional patterns of saxicolous bryophytes to environmental factors typically occurring in forest ecosystems, as well as to anthropogenic pressure. Method. Overall, 64 surveys were carried out in the Serra de Sintra massif, in central Portugal, for a total amount of...

Previous molecular studies have done much to shed some light on the taxonomy and phytogeographic position of Homalothecium sericeum and H. meridionale and the present study clarifies the taxonomy and distribution of the two species across Iberia. By conducting a revision of Homalothecium specimens available in Spanish and Portuguese herbaria, we co...

Paper presents couple of new national and regional bryophyte records accross the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Antarctica. In Europe there are interesting findings from Poland (Sphagnum molle, Pseudocalliergon lycopodioides), Hungary (Seligeria acutifolia), Bulgaria and Macedonia (Didymodon icmadophilus), etc. A...

Epiphytic lichen and bryophyte Floristic Richness (FR) and distribution were investigated in Lisbon and the adjacent southern riverbank, in the centre-west of Portugal within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA). Field studies were carried out in the years 2010-2011 to replicate research conducted 30 years ago in 1980-1981. Compared to previous surve...

62 contributors report on 55 bryophyte species, collected in Europe, Central and South America, Antarctica, Central and East Asia. Most of taxa are reported for different European countries: Denmark (14 species), Italy (3), Spain (2), Lithuania (2), Hungary (2 ones); the other countries (Portugal, Croatia, Ukraine, Greece, etc) are represented by o...

The new data here presented allow the reinforcement of the overall knowledge about distribution patterns and niche definition of some aquatic and semi-aquatic bryophytes of chorological and conservation interest (mosses: Cyclodictyon laetevirens, Dendrocryphaea lamyana, Fissidens fontanus, Hookeria lucens, Orthotrichum rivulare, Racomitrium hesperi...

Syntrichia norvegica was found in the northern Velebit Mountains, in an area with the most outstanding and extreme karst relief, with steep slopes, perpendicular rocks, screes and deep dolines. The locality is situated in the Pinus mugo Turra belt, but owing to its position in the shaded bottom of a deep, funnel-shaped doline with slopes inclined a...

An annotated check-list of the bryophytes of the Serra de Sintra is presented, based on a compendium of bibliographic records, on the revision of the material stored in Lisbon University herbarium (LISU) and Coimbra University herbarium (COI), as well as on the collections made by the authors during field work in 2011, 2013 and 2014. A total number...

A molecular based study of relationships in the Hedwigiaceae, with a special focus on the genus Hedwigia in Europe was carried out. A combined approach using sequence data from all three genomes, information obtained from the secondary structures of the nad5 group I intron, and morphological data was performed in order to clarify species concepts i...

The use of mosses as biomonitors operates as an indicator of their concentration in the environment, becoming a methodology which provides a significant interpretation in terms of environmental quality. The different types of pollution are variables that can not be measured directly in the environment - latent variables. Therefore, we propose the u...

On oceanic islands, the evolution of plants and animals with particular characteristics is favoured due to their isolation, populations normally comprising a large number of unique, endemic species. The Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos are considered biodiversity hotspots, containing an especially rich bryoflora. Due to its characteristically sma...

The main purpose of this study is to develop predictive distributions of threatened bryophytes grouped according to phytogeographic trends aiming to conserve this bryoflora in the future. This is achieved by the identification of relationships between specimens’ distributions and environmental ecologically meaningful data, which is known to influen...

alpestris (Thed.) Schimp. Contributor: L. Thouvenot Andorra: Encamp, Ensagents, 42u319070N, 1u389410E, 2520 m a.s.l., on the top of granitic rock in alpine meadow, 17 July 2006, leg. L. Thouvenot 3086 (BCB 58238). According to Casas (2005) this species was pre-viously unrecorded in Andorra (Eastern Pyrenees) although it is known in the neighbouring...

Bryum minii Podp. ex Machado-Guim. was first described from Portugal in the nineteenth century and only recorded in Spain in 2010. It is found on acidic rocks, such as granite, near watercourses and its glossy appearance makes it relatively easy to identify in the field although it grows in small patches. New chorological data are provided for Port...

Portugal, as part of the Iberian Peninsula, is one of the floristically richest areas of the European Continent, largely due to the heterogeneity of environmental conditions. The north and north-western part of this area belongs to the Eurosiberian region, and the remaining part is included in the Mediterranean region. In 1992, the European Economi...

A detailed distribution and habitats of the mosses Claopodium whippleanum, Schizymenium pontevedrense and Triquetrella arapilensis in Portugal is presented, together with the corresponding distribution maps. Se detalla la distribución y hábitats en Portugal de los musgos Claopodium whippleanum, Schizymenium pontevedrense y Triquetrella arapilensis,...

A detailed distribution in Portugal of the taxon Hedwigia striata (Wilson) Bosw. is given and its ecological requirements and new localities are also described. Se detalla la distribución en Portugal del taxon Hedwigia striata (Wilson) Bosw. y se describen brevemente sus preferencias ecológicas y nuevas localidades.

Fissidens, with 24 species, is the largest moss genus in the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. We report 21 species new for the Republic of which two are the first records for Africa. A key to Fissidens in the Republic is provided along with cited specimens examined, information on habitat, important diagnostic characters for recognition and distr...

1. Predictive models of species distribution emerge as a valuable tool for tackling the lack of distributional information on most taxa. A function between the dependent variable presence/absence of the species) and a set of potential predictors is established, and a map is generated for the focus area, indicating the probability of presence of the...

The names of all mosses published up to the end of August 2011 in the countries of the Mediterranean basin, the Macaronesian Islands and Bulgaria are compiled in an annotated checklist. The list comprises accepted names and synonyms, and provides explanatory annotations for ambiguous and disputed names. Literature references supporting the reports...

Portugal, as part of the Iberian Peninsula, is one of the floristically richest areas of the European Continent, largely due to the heterogeneity of environmental conditions. The north and north-western part of this area belongs to the Eurosiberian region, and the remaining part is included in the Mediterranean region. In 1992, the European Economi...

Resumen: Se detalla la distribución en Portugal del taxon Hedwigia striata (Wilson) Bosw. y se describen brevemente sus preferencias ecológicas y nuevas localidades. Abstract: A detailed distribution in Portugal of the taxon Hedwigia striata (Wilson) Bosw. is given and its ecological requirements and new localities are also described. Palabras clav...

Ellis L.T., Bednarek-Ochyra H., Ochyra R., Cykowska B., Dulin M.V., Ezer T., Kara R., Flores J.R., Suárez G.M., Garcia C., Martins A., Sérgio C., Garilleti R., Kirmaci M., Agcagil E., Kurbatova L.E., Lebouvier M., Papp B., Szurdoki E., Philippov D.A., Plášek V., Pócs T., Sabovljević M., Sawicki J., Sim-Sim M., Szücs P., Bidló A., Váňa J., Vigalondo...

Several recent studies have reported temporal trends in metal contamination in mosses, but such assessments did not evaluate uncertainty in temporal changes, therefore providing weak statistical support for time comparisons. Furthermore, levels of contaminants in the environment change in both space and time, requiring space-time modelling methods...

Mountain stream monitoring is closely related to the survey of bryophyte species since it is there that these organisms are common and show very specialized ecological niches. This work hypothesizes that a close relationship between bryophyte taxonomic and functional categories and microhabitat conditions exists and proposes to explore this link as...

A taxonomic study of critical plants belonging to the ecostate Andreaea from Madeira Island is presented. A new taxon, Andreaea flexuosa R. Brown bis subsp. luisieri Sérgio et Sim-Sim, is proposed based on material from upland areas in the central ridge of Madeira. Characters discriminating the two subspecies are presented and illustrated; data on...

33 contributors report on 21 bryophyte species, collected in Europe, SW Asia, Africa, South America, on islands in Subantarctic and in South Indian Ocean. There are interesting records from Turkey (Crossidium aberrans, Zygodon catarinoi), Portugal (Schistidium strictum), Serbia (Ditrichum lineare), Ukraine (Dichelyma capillaceum), and from other co...

— A floristic and ecological survey was carried out in 187 watercourses of the Portuguese Northwest mainland and Sicó mountain regions located in the transition zone between Atlantic and Mediterranean territories. This work mainly focused on the update of the bryophyte taxa along fluvial and geologic gradients, mostly of headwater areas. Seven ecol...

23 authors report on 11 new and interesting bryophyte species, collected in subantarctic islands, Central and South America, Africa. Apart from it 5 species are reported for some European countries: Grimmia incurva (Serbia), Myrinia pulvinata (Ukraine), Orthotrichum tenellum (Czech Republic), Riella helicophylla (Cyprus), and Tortula brevissima (Po...

Most of the mountain watercourses in north-west Portugal have high conservation interest and are protected under the European Habitats Directive (Council of the European Communities, 1992). They are generally characterized by fast-flowing acidic water and rocky channels. In the Sicó mountain range of central-western Portugal watercourses have limes...

Based on herbaria specimens and especially on samples recently collected in the area, a revision of the hornwort genera Dendroceros and Megaceros in the African archipelago of São Tomé e Príncipe is presented. The four resulting species are described and illustrated, with comments on their distribution and ecology. A new species of Dendroceros is p...

The Peneda-Gerês National Park (PNPG) in North-western Portugal has been the subject of many bryological studies although there remain unstudied areas. We here present a summary of current knowledge using data from recent fieldwork and past data which comprises ca. 11000 records. Using this data twelve Important Plant Areas (IPAs) were selected. Th...

A bryofloristic study was carried out in and around the Parque Natural do Tejo Internacional (PNTI), located in the centre-east of Portugal near the border with Spain. A list of 130 taxa (98 mosses, 28 liverworts and 4 hornworts) is reported. We remark the presence of Bryum minii, Entosthodon mouretii, Ephemerum minutissimum, E. serratum, Riccia pe...

Background: Rock outcrops have been shown to provide specific conditions for bryophyte communities, but no studies have focused on the importance of microhabitats on such communities.Aim: To analyse the distribution pattern of bryophyte species from granite and schist outcrops in three microhabitats (rock surfaces, fissures and cavities) in Portuga...

An updated catalogue of the bryophytes of São Tomé e Príncipe Archipelago is presented. Occurrence data on both islands for each species are reported, based on a critical assessment of the literature since the first botanical expeditions in the 19th century up to June 2010. The references are chronologically listed for each species, and all old her...