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DOI:10.1080/03736687.2021.1942590

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Mevlut Alatas

Munzur University

Michele Aleffi

Università di Camerino

Wilson Ricardo Álvaro Alba

National University of Colombia

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New records of 48 species of mosses and liverworts are presented, with detailed notes on their taxonomy, distribution, and ecological characteristics. These findings provide valuable insights for advancing research in biogeography, ecology, and conservation.

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 66

L. T. Ellis, M. Alataş, M. Aleffi, W. R. Álvaro Alba, D. A. Becerra Infante, K.

A. Cárdenas Espinosa, Md N. Aziz, V. A. Bakalin, G. Bergamo Decarli, M.

Boiko, N. Zagorodniuk, L. M. Boiko, E. A. Borovichev, G. Brusa, M. J. Cano,

J. A. Jiménez, S. S. Choi, I. Draper, F. Lara, M. V. Dunlin, J. Enroth, T. Ezer, V.

E. Fedosov, E. Fuertes, R. Garilleti, B. Albertos, S. R. Gradstein, A. Graulich,

V. Hugonnot, C. W. Hyun, M. Kırmacı, F. Filiz, U. Çatak, N. A. Konstantinova,

A. N. Savchenko, M. Kropik, J. Kučera, H. Kürschner, E. Yu. Kuzmina, N.

S. Liksakova, D. Maity, P. Martin, T. T. McIntosh, H. M. H. van Melick, B.

Moncada, Cs. Németh, S. V. O’Leary, G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, S. A. Maciel-

Silva, S. Poponessi, A. Cogoni, R. D. Porley, A. D. Potemkin, M. Puglisi, S.

Sciandrello, K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu, R. R. Paul, M. Ryan, P. Saha, D. S. Salas, J. G.

Segarra-Moragues, F. Sguazzin, N. R. Shafigullina, J. R. Shevock, S. Ștefănuţ,

A. Uygur, S. Karaman Erkul, S. Ursavaş, A. Özen, H. G. Zechmeister & R. H.

Zander

To cite this article: L. T. Ellis, M. Alataş, M. Aleffi, W. R. Álvaro Alba, D. A. Becerra Infante, K. A.

Cárdenas Espinosa, Md N. Aziz, V. A. Bakalin, G. Bergamo Decarli, M. Boiko, N. Zagorodniuk,

L. M. Boiko, E. A. Borovichev, G. Brusa, M. J. Cano, J. A. Jiménez, S. S. Choi, I. Draper, F.

Lara, M. V. Dunlin, J. Enroth, T. Ezer, V. E. Fedosov, E. Fuertes, R. Garilleti, B. Albertos,

S. R. Gradstein, A. Graulich, V. Hugonnot, C. W. Hyun, M. Kırmacı, F. Filiz, U. Çatak, N. A.

Konstantinova, A. N. Savchenko, M. Kropik, J. Kučera, H. Kürschner, E. Yu. Kuzmina, N. S.

Liksakova, D. Maity, P. Martin, T. T. McIntosh, H. M. H. van Melick, B. Moncada, Cs. Németh, S.

V. O’Leary, G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, S. A. Maciel-Silva, S. Poponessi, A. Cogoni, R. D. Porley, A.

D. Potemkin, M. Puglisi, S. Sciandrello, K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu, R. R. Paul, M. Ryan, P. Saha, D.

S. Salas, J. G. Segarra-Moragues, F. Sguazzin, N. R. Shafigullina, J. R. Shevock, S. Ștefănuţ,

A. Uygur, S. Karaman Erkul, S. Ursavaş, A. Özen, H. G. Zechmeister & R. H. Zander (2021)

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BRYOLOGICAL NOTE

New national and regional bryophyte records, 66

L. T. Ellis

, M. Alataş

, M. Aleﬃ

, W. R. Álvaro Alba

, D. A. Becerra Infante

, K. A. Cárdenas Espinosa

Md N. Aziz

, V. A. Bakalin

, G. Bergamo Decarli

, M. Boiko

, N. Zagorodniuk

, L. M. Boiko

,E. A. Borovichev

G. Brusa

,M. J. Cano

,J. A. Jiménez

,S. S. Choi

,I. Draper

n,o

,F. Lara

n,o

,M. V. Dunlin

,J. Enroth

,T. Ezer

V. E. Fedosov

s,t

,E. Fuertes

,R. Garilleti

,B. Albertos

,S. R. Gradstein

,A. Graulich

,V. Hugonnot

C. W. Hyun

,M. Kırmacı

,F. Filiz

,U. Çatak

,N. A. Konstantinova

,A. N. Savchenko

,M. Kropik

J. Kučera

,H. Kürschner

,E. Yu. Kuzmina

,N. S. Liksakova

,D. Maity

,P. Martin

,T. T. McIntosh

H. M. H. van Melick

,B. Moncada

,Cs. Németh

,S. V. O’Leary

,G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá

,S. A. Maciel-Silva

S. Poponessi

,A. Cogoni

,R. D. Porley

,A. D. Potemkin

,M. Puglisi

,S. Sciandrello

,K. K. Rawat

V. Sahu

,R. R. Paul

,M. Ryan

,P. Saha

,D. S. Salas

,J. G. Segarra-Moragues

,F. Sguazzin

N. R. Shaﬁgullina

,J. R. Shevock

,S. Ștefănuţ

,A. Uygur

,S. Karaman Erkul

,S. Ursavaş

,A. Özen

H. G. Zechmeister

and R. H. Zander

The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK;

Department of Plant and Animal Production, Munzur University,

Vocational School of Tunceli, Tunceli, Turkey;

International School of Advanced Studies, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy;

Grupo de Investigación Biología para la Conservación, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia;

Botanical Survey

of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah, India;

Botanical Garden-Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok, Russia;

Viale

Rovereto, Trento, Italy;

Department of Botany, Kherson State University, Kherson, Ukraine;

Kherson Branch of Admiral Makarov

University, Kherson, Ukraine;

Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of the Kola Science Center of RAS, Apatity, Murmansk

Province, Russia;

University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;

Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de

Murcia, E-30100, Murcia, Spain;

Team of Ecological Survey Research, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, Korea;

Departamento de

Biología (Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;

Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y

Cambio Global, Madrid, Spain;

Institute of Biology Komi Science Centre UB RAS, Kommunisticheskaja St., 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Komi

Republic, Russia;

Botanical Museum, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;

Department of Landscape Architecture,

Faculty of Architecture, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey;

Geobotany Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University,

Moscow, Russia;

Botanical Garden-Institute, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia;

Departamento de

Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;

Departamento de

Botánica y Geología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Avda, Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain;

Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, Albrecht von Haller Institute, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen,

Germany;

Donceel, Belgium;

Conservatoire Botanique National du Massif Central, Chavaniac, Laﬀayette, France;

Plant Resources

Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea;

Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji

Bölümü, TR-09010 Kepez-Aydin, Turkey;

Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden, Kola Science Centre, Russian Acadamy of Science, Kirovsk-6,

Murmansk Province 184256, Russia;

Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria;

Department of Botany, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic;

Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie,

Systematische Botanik und Pﬂanzengeographie, Altensteinstr, 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany;

Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian

Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia;

Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India;

Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK;

Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;

Valkenswaard, The Netherlands;

Licenciatura en Biología, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Torre de Laboratorios, Bogotá, Colombia;

MTA Centre for

Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, Hungary;

51 Wood Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0AX, UK;

Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil;

Department of

Environmental and Life Science, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy;

Cera dos Pomares, Aljezur, Portugal;

Komarov Botanical Institute

of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia;

Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Biology, University

of Catania, Catania, Italy;

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India;

The Ministry of Forests, Lands,

Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, B. C. Government, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Department of Botany, Bijoy

Krishna Girls’College, Howrah, West Bengal, India;

Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao (CEBREM), Central

Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon Province, 8710 Mindanao Island, Philippines;

Departamento de Botánica y Geología, Facultad

de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València, Avda. Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain;

Via Selvotta, Muzzana del

Turgnano, Udine, Italy;

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California

Academy of Sciences (CAS), 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA;

Institute of Biology Bucharest of

Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independentei, 060031 Bucharest, P.O. Box 56-53, Romania;

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science

and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey;

Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, ÇankırıKaratekin University,

Çankırı, Turkey;

Institute of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;

Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344

Shaw Boulavard, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

ARTICLE HISTORY First Published Online 16 July 2021

1. Anthoceros hispidus Steph.

Contributors. G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá and S. A. Maciel-Silva

Brazil. (1) Truticultura Pousada e Restaurante

Lago Azul, Gonçalves, Minas Gerais, 22°42′34.2′′S,

45°56′39.8′′W, 1733 m a.s.l., along the main road, on

soil in an area liable to ﬂood next to a stream, 20

November 2017, leg. Peñaloza-Bojacá, G. F. 1079

(BHCB N° 204399); (2) road from Fazenda Floresta

CONTACT L.T. Ellis l.ellis@nhm.ac.uk

JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY

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Published online 16 Jul 2021

Negra to Melhoramentos, Camanducaia, Minas Gerais,

22°48′52.8′′S, 46°05′34.7′′ W, 1252 m a.s.l., on soil at the

roadside of the Jaguarí River, 21 November 2017, leg.

Peñaloza-Bojacá, G. F. 1088 (BHCB 204400) and 1089

(BHCB 204401).

Anthoceros hispidus is currently recorded for Marti-

nique, Jamaica, Cuba, and Mexico, found growing on

soil in the rainforest at 1000–1200 m a.s.l. (Ibarra-

Morales et al. 2015). In Brazil A. hispidus was recorded

for the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Hässel

de Menéndez 1990), but for several years it was con-

sidered by Gradstein and Costa (2003) as possibly con-

speciﬁc with Anthoceros punctatus L. However, recent

collections of hornworts in the state of Minas Gerais

studied with scanning microscopy have conﬁrmed

the presence of A. hispidus in Brazil. Additional to the

previous records of this species in Brazil (São Paulo

and Rio de Janeiro), here we expand its distribution

range. Anthoceros hispidus is commonly found on soil

of exposed areas (e.g. roadsides) next to tropical sub-

montane and montane forests. It can be easily distin-

guished from A. punctatus by its spores, which have

their proximal surface with no foramen. Another

species frequently confused with A. hispidus, due to

its similar spores, is Anthoceros scariosus Austin.

However, these species can be easily distinguished

by the lack of dorsal lamellae in the gametophyte of

A. hispidus and the greater number of antheridia per

chamber (>10), whereas A. scariosus has abundant

dorsal lamellae and fewer antheridia per chamber

(<6; Ibarra-Morales et al. 2015).

2. Aschisma cuynetii (Bizot & R.B.Pierrot) J.Guerra &

M.J.Cano

Contributor. R. D. Porley

Portugal. Algarve: Vau, (ca. 700 m west of), 20 m a.s.l.,

37°07′07.39′′N, 8°34′00.06′′ W, on open base-rich

lichen-stabilised sandy ground overlying the barrocal

of a coastal cliﬀtop, with sporophytes, 10 January

2021, leg. R. D. Porley s.n. (Hb. Porley).

This is the ﬁrst conﬁrmed report of Aschisma cuynetii

for Portugal. This Mediterranean species occurs as scat-

tered individuals or in compact tufts, and its exceed-

ingly small size, 1–2 mm tall, and ephemeral nature

may partly explain its apparent rarity. The present

population was mixed with Didymodon luridus

Hornsch. ex Spreng.; other Pottiaceous mosses that

grew nearby include Microbryum curvicollum (Hedw.)

R.H.Zander, M. starckeanum (Hedw.) R.H.Zander and

M. davallianum (Sm.) R.H.Zander. The small

unbranched shoots with oblong-lanceolate cucullate

leaves, loosely curled when dry, only weakly incurved

above and scarcely exceeding the sporophyte, partially

obscure a sessile cleistocarpous minutely apiculate

capsule, reminiscent in the ﬁeld of a small sessile

Phascum Hedw. or Weissia Hedw. In Aschisma Lindb.,

however, whilst the upper laminal cells are papillose,

the leaf margin consists of one or two rows of

smooth cells. The cucullate leaf apex, wider nerve

and yellowish capsule at maturity distinguish it from

Aschisma carniolicum (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Lindb. A

European endemic, this species was hitherto only

known from Spain and the Balearics where it is

classiﬁed as Vulnerable. Aschisma cuynetii was erro-

neously reported from Portugal by Guerra (2006) but

was later excluded from the Mediterranean checklist

(Ros et al. 2013).

3. Bazzania imbricata (Mitt.) S.Hatt.

Contributors. V. A. Bakalin, S. S. Choi and C. W. Hyun

Republic of Korea. Jeollabuk-do, Jirisan National Park,

upper reaches of the Hansin Stream at N-facing slope of

the main Jirisan ridge. Pinus-Abies-broadleaved forest on

steep slope, open moist cliﬀ, 35.31947°N, 127.69469°E,

1571 m a.s.l., 12 October 2019, leg.V.A.Bakalin&

S. S. Choi Kor-79-6-19 (VBGI), det. V. A. Bakalin

Bazzania imbricata is still a poorly understood

species with its core area in the Sino-Himalaya, from

where it was described. The morphological similarity

of B. imbricata to B. tricrenata (Wahlenb.) Lindb. has

led to a misunderstanding of the former taxon

outside of the Sino-Himalaya. Moreover, it was even

known as far eastward as Japan, under the name Baz-

zania ﬁssifolia var. subsimplex Steph. ex S.Hatt., until

that name was treated as synonymous with

B. tricrenata (Zhou et al. 2012). However, Furuki

(2015) described the features diﬀerentiating these

two taxa and showed that B. imbricata indeed occurred

in Japan. Within Japan this taxon represents the

ﬂoristic connections with the Sino-Himalaya. The pres-

ence of the species in the Korean Peninsula reﬂects the

same phytogeographic phenomenon and is, probably,

the link joining the Japanese and Sino-Himalayan

populations of the taxon. The fundamental feature

that helps to distinguish B. imbricata from

B. tricrenata is the surface of the oil body, which is

ﬁnely granulate in the former, and completely

smooth to loosely segmented in the latter. Another

feature is the comparative width of the underleaves.

Those of B. imbricata are commonly 3–4 times as

wide as the stem and have a very shallowly lobulate

apex, versus underleaves commonly 2–3 times wider

than the stem and more prominently lobed in

B. tricrenata. However, as noted by Furuki (2015) and

conﬁrmed by our observations, the underleaf charac-

ters are subject to great variation and cannot always

help to distinguish the two species in their poorly

developed phases.

4. Delongia glacialis (C.C.Towns.) N.E.Bell, Kariyawa-

sam, Hedd. & Hyvönen

Contributors. K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu and R. R. Paul

India. Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang, Se La Pass near

lake, 27°30′47.1′′N, 92°05′45.7′′ E, 4120 m a.s.l., on soil,

194 L. T. ELLIS ET AL.

17 June 2015, leg. K. K. Rawat (LWG 300255F), same

locality, 14 November 2019, leg. K. K. Rawat and

R. R. Paul (LWG 325657D).

Delongia glacialis is reported for the ﬁrst time from

Arunachal Pradesh, India. This species was previously

reported from Kashmir and Uttarakhand in the

western Himalaya (Townsend 1998,asOligotrichum

glaciale C.C.Towns.; Ellis, Alataş, et al. 2017). The

plants were blackish-brown, erect, and unbranched,

8–15 mm high, leaves closely imbricate, crowded at

apex, curled and appressed to stem when dry, deeply

concave, ovate-lanceolate, 1.8–2 mm long, 0.8–1mm

wide, apex acute, margin undiﬀerentiated, dentate

and revolute at apex. The leaf cross-section has

adaxial lamellae 4–9 cells high, conﬁned to midrib

only, abaxial lamellae absent, end cells of lamellae

not diﬀerentiated; costa 140–160 µm wide at base,

ending below the leaf apex; apical leaf cells thick-

walled, short quadrate, 12–20 µm wide, basal cells

thin-walled, rectangular, 20–60 µm long and 12–16

µm wide. Sporophytes not observed.

5. Didymodon eckeliae R.H.Zander

Contributors. M. J. Cano and J. A. Jiménez

Greece. Crete, Chania, near Samaria Gorge, 1200 m

a.s.l., 35°18′N, 23°55′E, 22 June 2018, leg. M. J. Cano

et al. 10341, 10342, 10347 (MUB, NHMC).

Didymodon eckeliae is a disjunct species with popu-

lations found in British Columbia, California, Nevada,

and Oregon along the western coast of North America

(Zander 2001,2007;Brindaetal.2014;Kofranek2014),

and the Iberian Peninsula in Europe (Puche et al. 2006;

Jiménez and Cano 2012; Ellis, Afonina, et al. 2014).

Recently, the species has been reported from Cyprus

(Cano 2020), with its range extending to Asia. During a

botanical expedition to Crete, a small population of

D.eckeliae was found growing on soil banks near a trail

path together with Syntrichia echinata (Schiﬀn.) Herrnst.

&Ben-Sasson,andTortula subulata Hedw. The new

record here reported from Crete conﬁrms the distribution

of this taxon in the eastern Mediterranean area and is

also the ﬁrst report from Greece. The specimens have

no sporophytes. Important diagnostic features of the

species include the regular bistratose leaf margins that

are broadly sinuose-crenulate, long-lanceolate leaves

and long-acuminate apices.

6. Didymodon tophaceus subsp. sicculus (M.J.Cano,

Ros, García-Zam. & J.Guerra) Jan Kučera

Contributors. J. Kučera and V. E. Fedosov

Russia. Eastern Caucasus, Dagestan Republic, Gunib

District, at the edge of the road from Gunib Town to

the ﬁeld station of Gorny Botanical Garden of RAS,

42.38821°N, 46.95789°E, ca. 1330 m a.s.l. on the base

of concrete construction together with Tortula

muralis Hedw., 26 May 2010, leg. V. E. Fedosov,

MW:9068061 (admixture in specimen of T. muralis).

Didymodon tophaceus subsp. sicculus, whose taxo-

nomic status was recently investigated by Kučera

et al. (2018), has so far been reported from 18 Euro-

pean countries and Algeria (Jiménez et al. 2004; Hod-

getts and Lockhart 2020). Although sporadic records

were reported from northwestern and northeastern

Europe (The Netherlands and Estonia), the distribution

focus of this taxon is clearly in Mediterranean

countries. The new locality extends its known distri-

bution eastwards to an area which supports numerous

rare xerophytic species of predominantly Mediterra-

nean distribution These include, among others, Cross-

idium squamiferum (Viv.) Jur. and Tortula atrovirens

(Sm.) Lindb., which co-occur with Asian xerophytic

elements such as Entosthodon handelii (Schiﬀn.) Laz.

and Indusiella thianschanica Broth. & Müll.Hal.

(Ignatov et al. 2010).

7. Diplophyllum albicans (L.) Dumort.

Contributors. N. A. Konstantinova and A. N. Savchenko

Russia. Franz Josef Land Archipelago, Land Alexandra

Island, Severnaya Bay, remnant of the basalt plateau

(ca. 20 m high) with a large-column separation with

prismatic columns, 80°46′37′′N, 47°48′55′′ E, 22 m

a.s.l., in crevices and on ledges on soils and peat in

cushions among mosses and lichens, scattered on

edge of mats with dominant Marsupella boeckii

(Aust.) Lindb. and Gymnomitrion corallioides Nees and

admixture of Trilophozia quinquedentata (Huds.)

Bakalin, Gymnomitrion concinnatum (Lightf.) Corda,

12 July 2019, leg. A. N. Savchenko, CA16-19-6a

[KPABG(H): 123005, kpabg.ru›cris/?q=node/16].

The plants have a quite unusual appearance. They

are red brown, very small at 0.7 mm wide and 2–3

mm long, which is much smaller than the size indi-

cated in the literature (Schuster 1974; Damsholt

2002). Characteristic for the species, the leaf lobes

have elongated median cells and small thick-walled

marginal cells; one plant in the specimen has rotun-

date-stellate gemmae.

Diplophyllum albicans is not rare in the arctic-

montane Holarctic. This locality in Franz Josef Land is

about 60 km north of that in Prins Oscar Land (Nordau-

landat, Svalbard), which was previously considered the

northernmost locality of the species (Konstantinova

and Savchenko 2008).

8. Eobryum anoectangioides (Müll.Hal.) R.H.Zander &

P.Sollman

Contributor. R. H. Zander

Papua New Guinea. Morobe Prov., Mt. Sarawaket

southern range, 4 km NEE of Lake Gwam, open grass-

land (kunai) with scattered tree ferns, moist, diﬀusely

lit limestone cliﬀ, 2850 m a.s.l., 147°9.5′E, 6°19′S, July

4, 1981, leg. D. H. Norris 62387 (MO).

New to the southwestern Paciﬁc Islands, Eobryum

anoectangioides (Pottiaceae) was identiﬁed in the

JOURNAL OF BRYOLOGY 195

herbarium as Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.)

Dixon and an unpublished forma name. This rare and

putatively ancient species is previously known from

two collections in India and one in Myanmar (Zander

and Sollman 2020). The genus Eobryum R.H.Zander &

P.Sollman is similar to Ardeuma R.H.Zander & Hedd.,

the latter a replacement name for all species of Hyme-

nostylium Brid. except the type, H. xanthocarpum

(Hook.) Brid. Eobryum diﬀers in having a stem with

central strand, cauline leaves little tapering distally,

base not widened or somewhat narrower than

midleaf, and costal section with distinct epidermal

layers. The specimen was sterile.

9. Fossombronia delgadilloana Crand-Stotl., Stotler &

J.C.Benavides

Contributor. S. R. Gradstein

Ecuador. (1) Napo province, Páramo de Loma Gorda,

along Río Antisana below Micacocha, 78°10′W, 00°

37′S, in wetland with dominance of cushion plants

and Cortaderia Stapf, 3850 m a.s.l., 3 November 1979,

leg. L. B. Holm-Nielsen 20811 (GOET); (2) Pichincha pro-

vince, Páramo de Guamani, ca. 5 km W of Paso de la

Virgen, 78°10′W, 00°37′S, partly burned Polylepis Ruiz

& Pav. forest, in running water, deeply shaded, 3750 m

a.s.l., 8 February 1984, leg. S. Lægaard 51365 (GOET).

Fossombronia delgadilloana is a robust, semi-aquatic

species that was recently described from Mexico and

the high Andes of Venezuela where it grows submerged

in tropic-alpine mires at elevations between 3100 and

3900 m (Crandall-Stotler et al. 2019). The species is

recorded here as new to Ecuador; the two Ecuadorian

localities constitute the southernmost records of the

species. Fossombronia delgadilloana is closely related

to F. peruviana Gottsche & Hampe (= Austrofossombro-

nia peruviana [Gottsche & Hampe] Crand.-Stotl. Stotler

& A.V.Freire), a characteristic liverwort of mires in

páramo and humid puna vegetation in the high

Andes, from Venezuela to northern Chile, and resem-

bling F. delgadilloana in size, growth form and habitat.

Fossombronia delgadilloana, however, lacks any second-

ary pigmentation and its leaves are much thinner than

those of F. peruviana, mostly unistratose (except near

the base) and planate. Plants of F. peruviana, in contrast,

are usually reddish or brownish pigmented and have

rather ﬂeshy, crispate leaves that are broadly pleated.

Moreover, the two species have diﬀerent spores. A mol-

ecular analysis recovered the two species as separate

lineages (Crandall-Stotler et al. 2019). Further occur-

rences of F. delgadilloana in the Andes may be

expected.

10. Harpalejeunea grandis Grolle & M.E.Reiner

Contributor. S. R. Gradstein

Ecuador. Napo province, NE-facing ridge on the N side

of Cerro Sumaco, virgin moist páramo with scattered

shrubs, on steep slope, 77°39′W, 00°35′S, epiphyte on

Blechnum L. trunks, 3600–3700 m a.s.l., 24 April 1979,

leg. B. Løjtnant & U. Molau 12696 (GOET).

Harpalejeunea grandis is a rare northern Andean

species known from a few localities in the Eastern Cor-

dillera of Colombia (Grolle and Reiner-Drehwald 1999).

The species grows on bark and humic soil in páramo,

at about 3200–3800 m. The record from Ecuador consti-

tutes the southernmost locality of the species and the

ﬁrst one from Ecuador. The species is readily recognised

by its relatively large size, with leafy stems 1–2mmwide

and to 3 cm long, resembling a laxly growing Lejeunea

Lib., and 4 cells wide ventral merophytes on main

shoots. Moreover, the underleaves are relatively large,

3–4× stem width, with an undivided to shallowly

retuse apex, and the ocelli in leaf lobes are arranged

in 1–2 unbroken rows. Because of its unusual morpho-

logical features, the species has been placed in a separ-

ate subgenus, H. subg.Cleeﬁolejeunea Grolle &

M.E.Reiner (Grolle and Reiner-Drehwald 1999).

11. Lejeunea suﬀruticola Spruce

Contributor. S. R. Gradstein

Ecuador. Galápagos Islands, Cerro Azul, on horizontal

branches of Pisonia ﬂoribunda Hook.f. in semi-decid-

uous Pisonia-Hippomane woodland, 250 m, 21 June

1976, leg. S. R. Gradstein H375 (GOET, U).

Lejeunea suﬀruticola is a very rare species that is only

known from the type specimen collected by Richard

Spruce over 150 years ago in the Andes of Ecuador

(Guataxi, 2200 m, on small shrubs, MANCH-000411!).

The species stands out by its small lobules with a

large, multicellular tooth, ca. 3–6 cells long and 2–4

cells wide, very thin-walled leaf cells with minute tri-

gones, no intermediate thickenings, and a smooth

cuticle, large biﬁd underleaves ca. 5× stem width and

with cuneate to rounded bases, and gynoecia on

elongate branches with 1(–2) innovations that remain

sterile or, occasionally, become fertile again (Gradstein

2021). The species is presumably dioicous; its androecia

are unknown. Lejeunea suﬀruticola keys out near L. ﬂava

but the latter species is autoicous and usually copiously

fertile with androecia and gynoecia, the lobule tooth is

small, one-celled, and the leaf cells have distinct tri-

gones and intermediate thickenings, and a rough

cuticle. The record from the Galápagos Islands is the

second locality known of L. suﬀruticola and the ﬁrst

from the Galapagos Islands. The Galápagos material

was previously published as L. setiloba Spruce (Grad-

stein 2009); the latter species diﬀers from

L. suﬀruticola by the narrower lobule tooth (1–2 cells

wide), much smaller underleaves, 1.5–2.5× stem width,

and autoicous sexuality (Bastos and Gradstein 2020).

12. Lescuraea mutabilis (Brid.) Lindb. ex I.Hagen

Contributors. P. Saha, Md. N. Aziz and D. Maity

India. West Bengal: (1) Darjeeling, on way to Tiger Hill,

growing on rocks, in association with Hydrogonium

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amplexifolium (Mitt.) P.C.Chen and Ectropothecium ker-

stanii Dixon & Herzog, 27°00′168′′N, 88°15′862′′ E,

2347 m a.s.l., 03 December 2011, leg. Pamela Saha

64138c (CAL); (2) Jalapahar, growing on soil, in associ-

ation with Bellibarbula recurva (Griﬀ.) R.H.Zander, 27°

01′50.4′′N, 88°15′58.5′′ E, 2231 m a.s.l., 18 July 2012,

leg. Pamela Saha 64184a (CAL).

The genus Lescuraea Schimp. is represented by nine

species worldwide (Crosby et al. 1999). Chopra (1975)

and Lal (2005) reported six species from India. In

India, the genus is well distributed in Western Hima-

laya. Vohra (1983) described one species (Lescuraea

darjeelingensis Vohra) from Darjeeling district.

Lescuraea mutabilis is characterised by: small plants,

forming dense tufts, slightly glossy, green; leaves lan-

ceolate with gradually long acuminate apex, margin

recurved faintly, dentate above; costa thick, percurrent;

median leaf cells linear; alar cells diﬀerentiated, few,

quadrate, thin-walled. The species L. mutabilis is

quite uncommon in India. It was previously reported

from Jammu and Kashmir in Western Himalaya.

Recently the species has been collected from Darjeel-

ing district of West Bengal. This is the ﬁrst report of

L. mutabilis from Darjeeling district as well as from

the Eastern Himalaya.

13. Marsupella boeckii (Austin) Lindb.

Contributors. N. A. Konstantinova and A. N. Savchenko

Russia. Franz Josef Land Archipelago, Land Alexandra

Island, Severnaya Bay, remnant of the basalt plateau

(ca. 20 m high) with a large-column separation with

prismatic columns, 80°46′37′′N, 47°48′55′′ E, 22 m a.s.l.

In crevices and on ledges on soils and peat in cushions

among mosses and lichens. On edge of mats with

dominant Gymnomitrion corallioides Nees and admix-

ture of Trilophozia quinquedentata (Huds.) Bakalin,

Gymnomitrion concinnatum (Lightf.) Corda, Diplophyl-

lum albicans (L.) Dumort., 12 July 2019, leg. A. N. Sav-

chenko CA16-19-6a [KPABG(H): 123005, kpabg.ru›;cris/

?q=node/16]

The plants are quite characteristically red-brown,

with numerous stolons, small remote leaves, with a

single perianth. Cells of leaves with distinct trigones,

small ca. 12–18 μm.

This is a notable addition to the poorly known liver-

wort ﬂora of the Franz Josef Land. The locality on Franz

Josef Land is situated ca. 60 km north of the previously

considered northernmost locality on Prins Oscar Land

(Nordaulandat, Svalbard) (Konstantinova and Sav-

chenko 2008).

14. Marsupella sparsifolia (Lindb.) Dumort.

Contributor. S. Ștefănuț

Romania. Southern Carpathians: (1) Ţarcu Mountains,

Mătania Peak, Hunedoara County, 45°18′55.8′′N, 22°

37′48.8′′E, 1774 m a.s.l., 16 September 2020, leg.

S. Ștefănuț,s.n.,det.S.Ștefănuț(BUCA B12085); (2)

45°18′53.3′′N, 22°37′44.4′′ E, 1796 m a.s.l., 16 Septem-

ber 2020, leg.S.Ștefănuț,s.n.,det.S.Ștefănuț(BUCA

B12086,B12094).

This is the second report of Marsupella sparsifolia for

Romania (Ellis, Asthana, et al. 2015). Marsupella sparsi-

folia grows on rocks in the eastern part of Mătania

Peak, along with other bryophytes such as Gymnomi-

trion concinnatum (Lightf.) Corda, Marsupella emargi-

nata (Ehrh.) Dumort. and Andreaea rupestris Hedw.

The nearest other locality for this species is in Bulgaria,

but this is data deﬁcient (Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020).

The conservation status of M. sparsifolia in Romania is

changed from Critically Endangered –B1ab(ii,iii) + 2ab

(ii,iii) to Endangered –EN B2ab(ii,iii,iv).

15. Odontoschisma denudatum (Nees) Dumort.

Contributors. K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu and R. R. Paul

India. Uttarakhand, Rudraprayag, Tungnath near

temple, 30°29′20.23′′N, 79°13′01.24′′ E, 3465 m a.s.l.,

on soil, 18 June 2016, leg. K. K. Rawat s.n. (LWG

321601C).

Odontoschisma denudatum is reported for the ﬁrst

time from Uttarakhand in the Western Himalaya.

Earlier this species was reported from Arunachal

Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim in the Eastern Hima-

laya (Long 2005; Singh and Nath 2007; Rawat and

Verma 2014). The plants were yellowish to brown,

prostrate to erect, 1.2–1.6 mm long and 1–1.2 mm

wide including leaves, somewhat laterally compressed,

stolons frequent. Stem in cross-section rounded, 0.24–

0.28 mm in diameter, 10–12 cells high, epidermal cells

thick-walled, 30–40 in number, 20–32 µm long and 16–

20 µm wide, medullary cells larger than epidermal

cells. Leaves contiguous to imbricate, obliquely

inserted, ovate, 0.32–0.48 mm long and 0.40–

0.48 mm wide, apex rounded, margin entire. Leaf mar-

ginal cells isodiametric to hexagonal, 16–28 µm long,

20–40 µm wide, trigonous; median cells 20–28 µm

long, 20–32 µm wide, hexagonal, thick-walled, tri-

gones nodulose; basal cells 20–40 µm long, 20–

26 µm wide, rectangular to polygonal, trigonous.

Underleaves not seen.

16. Philonotis longiseta (Michx.) E.Britton

Contributor. E. Fuertes

Argentina. (1) Province Misiones, Depto Montecarlo,

de Montecarlo al Puerto de Paranay, bosque secun-

dario de la selva paranaense, 95 m a.s.l., 26°41′S, 54°

49′W, 25 September 2007, leg. E. Fuertes & C. Prada

s.n., det. E. Fuertes (MACB). (2) Province Jujuy,Departa-

mento Ledesma. P.N. Calilegua, paraje el Tigre, selva

montana con alisos (Alnus acuminata Kunth) las

Yungas, 1550–1790 m a.s.l., 1 June 2008, leg.

E. Fuertes & C. Prada s.n.det. E. Fuertes (MACB).

Plants green to yellowish-green, in loose tufts to

1.5–3 cm high, stem simple, ending with a whorl of

branches. Leaves straight or moderately secund,

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ovate or triangular lanceolate, 0.80–1.00(–1.40) × 0.18(–

0.25) mm; margin toothed, teeth double; costa percur-

rent or excurrent; upper cells rectangular 27–42(–45) ×

6–7.5 (–8.7) µm, papillose prorulate, median and basal

cells laxer, 33–55 × 10–12.5 µm; alar cells quadrate to

subrectangular 20–25 × 15–20 µm. Autoicous. Setae

1.5–2.0 (–2.30) cm long, capsule globose 2–2.5 (–3) mm

long; peristome double, exostome with 16 teeth

reddish, densely papillose above, ﬁnely papillose below,

endostome yellowish, papillose throughout. Spores sub-

reniform 25–27 × 20–22 µm, brownish, densely papillose.

Illustrations in Allen (1999:Figure3E–I)

In Argentina Philonotis longiseta was found on soils

in side banks, especially in moist and shaded forests. Its

range is Neotropical in two disjunct ecoregions: the

phytogeographic province Yungueña, located in NW

Argentina (Jujuy) and the phytogeographic province

Paranaense, located in the NE (Misiones), these consti-

tuting the two ecoregions with subtropical forests in

Argentina (Cabrera and Willink 1980). The global

range includes America, in three disjunct areas: North

America (USA, México); Central America (Guatemala,

Costa Rica); and N–NW South America, speciﬁcally

Venezuela (Griﬃn III 1994; Allen 1999), Colombia,

Ecuador Perú and Bolivia (Tropicos 2020) and NW–NE

Argentina (this contribution).

17. Polytrichum commune Hedw.

Contributor. H. M. H. van Melick

Chile. Capitan Prát Province in the Región Aysén (XI),

on the border of Nothofagus Blume forest on open,

sandy soil near a peat bog between Caleta Cachorro

and Lago Vergas, 30 m a.s.l., 47°40′24′′ S, 73°04′34′′ W,

20 January 2018, leg. H. M. H. van Melick 219327,

veriﬁed by Dr. F. Müller and Dr. J. Larrain.

The species is cosmopolitan. It is distinguishable

from all the other local species by the grooved terminal

cells of the lamellae. Of the many Polytrichum-like

specimens (which included Polytrichum juniperinum

Hedw., Polytrichum strictum Brid. and Polytrichadelphus

magellanicus (Hedw.) Mitt.) collected from several

locations in the fairly cool area, only one belonged

to Polytrichum commune. It is plausible that the

species is uncommon in Patagonia. The population

was sterile.

18. Pseudoparaphysanthus touwii (Ochyra & Enroth)

S.Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D.Quandt

Contributors. J. Enroth, J. R. Shevock and D. S. Salas

Philippines. Negros Occidental Province, Balinsasayao

Twin Lakes Natural Park, along Olayan Stream accessed

oﬀan unimproved trail at the southern end of Balinsa-

sayao Lake then upslope toward Guinsayawan Peak, 9°

20′59.8′′N, 123°10′3.2′′ E, 1040 m a.s.l. Mixed hardwood

evergreen tropical rain forest along cascading stream

with volcanic bedrock, submerged in stream, rheo-

phyte, leg. James R. Shevock 56044 with Daryl S. Salas

(specimen examined H3241369; duplicates BRIT, CAS,

CMUH, E, H, KRAM, MO, NICH, NY, PNH, PTBG).

Pseudoparaphysanthus (Broth.) S.Olsson, Enroth,

Huttunen & D.Quandt (Neckeraceae) is a south-east

Asiatic genus of ﬁve rheophytic species previously

placed in Neckeropsis Reichardt sect. Pseudoparaphy-

santhus (Broth.) M.Fleisch. (Ochyra and Enroth 1989;

Olsson et al. 2016). The genus is morphologically

characterised by rigid plants with a very strong costa

in the leaves, and often a strong, bi- to multistratose

limbidium along the leaf margins. These characters

are adaptations to harsh rheophytic habitats (Enroth

1999; Shevock et al. 2017).

Pseudoparaphysanthus touwii was previously

known from two specimens from Papua New Guinea

(Ochyra and Enroth 1989; Enroth 1992). Its most dis-

tinctive characters are a 2–3 stratose lamina and 4–8

stratose marginal limbidia. The Philippine specimen

has these characters, although in some other respects

it diﬀers from the New Guinean specimens. The leaves

in the New Guinean material are mostly oblong-ovate

with broadly acute to obtuse apices, and the upper

laminal cells are to 20 µm long, becoming to 30 µm

at midleaf and to 50 µm long towards the leaf base.

The Philippine specimen has mostly lanceolate or

oblong-lanceolate leaves with more acute apices,

the upper laminal cells are to 30 µm long, at midleaf

to 50 µm and near leaf base to 80 µm long. Rheophy-

tic mosses are known to be very variable, and since

the basic leaf structure in the New Guinean and Phi-

lippine specimens is similar and only known from

P. touwii, we are satisﬁed that they represent the

same species.

19. Ptychomitrium incurvum (Schwägr.) Spruce

Contributors. S. Poponessi and A. Cogoni

Sardinia. Tavolara Island, Province of Sassari, a Site of

Community Importance (SCI) ITB010010 Isola di Tavo-

lara, Molara e Molarotto, 40°8.931′N, 9°68.688′E, ca.

195 m a.s.l., on soil, 20 June 2004, leg. A. Cogoni, det.

S. Poponessi (CAG SA4.5.1.1).

The record derives from a project studying the

smaller islands oﬀSardinia to monitor climate change

and how this might aﬀect bryophyte diversity. Ptycho-

mitrium incurvum is a submeridional/mountain-temper-

ate species narrowly distributed in Europe (Dierßen

2001). It is considered Critically Endangered (CR) -

B2ab (ii, iv, v) in Europe and Data Deﬁcient (DD) in

Italy according to Hodgetts and Lockhart (2020). This

is the ﬁrst report from Italy in the last 70 years; the pres-

ence in Piedmont and Lombardy is based only on old

records according to Aleﬃet al. (2020). Ptychomitrium

incurvum is considered Regionally Extinct in Spain

(Casas et al. 2009; Brugues et al. 2014) and was recently

observed in France in the Pyrenees-Orientales (Hugon-

not and Chavoutier 2016). It is widespread in eastern

North America, from Canada (southern Ontario) south

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to the Gulf States and Texas and west to Iowa and

Kansas (Crum and Anderson 1980).

The material collected was deep black, in small,

rounded cushions growing under Cistus monspeliensis

L., the largest tufts reaching 0.4–0.6 cm high, with

strongly crisped and obtuse-entire leaves. The leaves

were characteristically concave at the apex and cucul-

late. Specialised asexual reproduction was rare with

short-uniseriate or branched gemmae, several cells

long, on branched axillary ﬁlaments.

20. Ptychostomum marratii (Hook. & Wilson)

J.R.Spence

Contributors. A. Uygur, T. Ezer, S. Karaman Erkul and

M. Alataş

Turkey. Mersin Province, Taşeli Plateau, BozyazıDis-

trict, Akcami Village: 36°9′N, 32°54′E, growing on cal-

careous muddy soil, 130 m a.s.l., 16 August 2020, leg.

and det. T. Ezer, A. Uygur & M. Alataşs.n. (A.U.1800).

Hitherto, Ptychostomum Hornsch. has been rep-

resented in Turkey by 17 taxa (Kürschner and Frey

2020a), the number increasing to 18 with this new

record. Known in Europe as Baltic Bryum, P. marratii

is identiﬁed by its blunt-tipped, strongly concave,

oval-oblong leaves and obscurely bordered leaf

margin; costa ending below apex; basal leaf cells rec-

tangular or slightly rhomboid, and bases of the

leaves not reddish. Ptychostomum marratii is similar

to P. calophyllum (R.Br.) J.R.Spence. However,

P. calophyllum prefers diﬀerent habitats and has

broader and less concave leaves (Smith 2004).

The study area is characterised by a Mediterranean

climate with mild wet winters and warm to hot, dry

summers. The population of Ptychostomum marratii

was sterile and sporophytes are unknown in Turkey.

Ptychostomum marratii is circumpolar, subneutro-

phytic, hygrophytic and photophytic. Its preferred

habitat is slightly saline, on damp, muddy soil in dune

slacks and by the sea (Dierßen 2001;Smith2004). The

present specimens were collected on calcareous

muddy soil next to a small stream. Although the

species is found in Europe (Britain, Denmark, Latvia,

Estonia, Finland, Norway, Faroes, The Netherlands,

France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden), it

is included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

in the EN category (Hodgetts, Blockeel, et al. 2019).

Outside Europe, it is reported only from north-central

Asia (the Altai Mountains) and North America (Smith

2004;Kekes2009;Šoltés et al. 2010;Rosetal.2013).

In addition, P. marratii is known from Yemen and Syria

(Callaghan and Farr 2018; Kürschner and Frey 2020b).

21. Pyramidula tetragona (Brid.) Brid.

Contributors. M. Kropik and H. G. Zechmeister

Austria. Bohemian Massif, steep slope at the river

Thaya east of Hardegg, 48°51′11′′N, 15°52′33′′ E(WGS

84), 365 m a.s.l, two cushions with sporophytes and

calyptrae on open clayey soil in a dry grassland

around rock outcrops, 8 April 2020, leg. &det.: Michaela

Kropik and Harald Zechmeister s.n. (Private herbarium

of Harald Zechmeister, University of Vienna). Associ-

ated bryoﬂora: Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.

var. abietina;Didymodon acutus (Brid.) K.Saito;

Entosthodon fascicularis (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.; Microbryum

curvicollum (Hedw.) R.H.Zander; Phascum cuspidatum

Hedw. var. cuspidatum;P. cuspidatum var. piliferum

(Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor; Riccia sorocarpa Bisch.;

Weissia controversa Hedw.

Pyramidula tetragona is at risk of extinction in

several countries and regions. Intensiﬁcation of agri-

culture, intensive use of herbicides and fertilisers and

encroachment of shrubs on abandoned grasslands

have decreased the extent of suitable habitats and

resulted in small, isolated subpopulations (Campisi

and Cogoni 2019). Long-distance dispersal and recolo-

nisation of new habitat are extremely limited for P.tet-

ragona due to its large spores and asexual

underground tubers (Høitomt et al. 2012).

In the European Red List of mosses, Pyramidula

tetragona has been assessed as EN (Campisi and

Cogoni 2019). Most countries neighbouring Austria

report small and endangered populations: see

Papp et al. (2000,2010)forHungary;Kučera et al.

(2012)andDřevojan et al. (2019)fortheCzech

Republic; Mišíková et al. (2019)forSlovakia;

Caspari et al. (2018)forGermany;andAleﬃet al.

(2008) for Italy. No recent records are listed for Swit-

zerland (Schnyder et al. 2004; Swissbryophytes 2020)

or for Slovenia (Martinčič2016). In Austria, Juratzka

(1882) reported the last observations of P.tetragona

in Lower Austria close to Sankt Pölten, in Styria at

Liebenau close to Graz, and in the Tyrol close to

Lienz. Wallnöfer (1888) added a further site in Car-

inthia close to Klagenfurt; Dalla Torre and Sarnthein

(1904) in the Tyrol at Innsbruck. None of these

reports has been reconﬁrmed since then. Therefore,

this is the ﬁrst record of P. tetragona in Austria for

more than 100 years.

22. Rhytidiadelphus loreus (Hedw.) Warnst.

Contributor. Cs. Németh

Hungary. Somogy County, [9871.3] (Central European

Mapping Scheme), BelsőSomogy, ca. 3.4 km south of

the village Rinyabesenyő, on acidic soil at the edge

of oak forest, ca. 155 m a.s.l., 46°08′11.6′′ N, 17°

30′57.0′′E, associated with Ceratodon purpureus

(Hedw.) Brid., Polytrichum formosum Hedw., Polytri-

chum piliferum Hedw., 29 November 2020, leg. &det.

Cs. Németh s.n., conf. P. Erzberger (Herb. Cs. Németh

10276).

Rhytidiadelphus loreus is an acidophilic species

withapredominantlyasuboceanic-montanedistri-

bution in Europe. It has been found in all the

countries surrounding Hungary (Hodgetts and

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Lockhart 2020). Rhytidiadelphus loreus is missing

from the latest checklist of Hungarian bryophytes

(Papp et al. 2010).

23. Riccia ﬂuitans L.

Contributors. M. Puglisi and S. Sciandrello

Sicily. Torrente Vacco Minore (Fiumedinisi, Peloritani

Mts.), 38°03′26.88′′N, 15°21′21.33′′ E, 529 m a.s.l., on

wet and shady rocky outcrops facing north together

with Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri (R.Hedw.) Röll., Conoce-

phalum conicum (L.) Dumort., 16 November 2019, leg.

S. Sciandrello s.n., det. M. Puglisi (CAT).

Riccia ﬂuitans is one of the most common species of

Riccia L. and has a worldwide distribution; it is known

from Europe, Asia, northern America, northern Africa

and New Zealand. Nevertheless, despite its wide distri-

butional range, in Europe it is considered endangered

in many countries (Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020). In

Italy, it is quite well distributed, but hitherto has not

been found in Sicily. In the new locality it occurred

on rocky outcrops by water in the Peloritani Moun-

tains, conﬁrming the importance of the Mediterranean

mountains for species conservation (e.g. Puglisi et al.

2012,2013,2014,2015; Sciandrello et al. 2015,2019;

Puglisi and Privitera 2018). The new locality is charac-

terised by a chasmophytic vegetation, rich in bryo-

phytes and pteridophytes associated with siliceous,

dripping cliﬀs, mainly dominated by Osmunda regalis

L., Athyrium ﬁlix-femina (L.) Roth, and Adiantum capil-

lus-veneris L., referable to Adianto capilli-veneris-

Osmundetum regalis Brullo, Lo Guidice & Privitera

1989 (Adiantetea capilli-veneris Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl., Rous-

sine & Négre 1952).

24. Riccia lamellosa Raddi

Contributor. E. A. Borovichev

Russian Federation. Western Siberia, Republic of

Altai, Saylyugemsky National Park, Kosh-Agachsky Dis-

trict, Kosh-Agach Settelment, 49.975110°N, 88.671558°

E, steppe vegetation with rock ﬁelds, under stone, 22

May 2019, leg. E. Borovichev #RA 6-20 (INEP).

This is the ﬁrst record of Riccia lamellosa for the

Republic of Altai (cf. Konstantinova et al. 2009). The

species has a very wide distribution, and is known in

Mediterranean Europe, North and Central Africa and

the southern part of North America, as well as temper-

ate and subtropical parts of South America and Asia

(Ladyzhenskaja 1961; Jovet-Ast 1986; Söderström

et al. 2002; Katagiri and Furuki 2012; Borovichev and

Bakalin 2016;Parolly et al. 2018; Özenoğlu Kiremit

et al. 2019). According to Gradstein (2017)Riccia lamel-

losa is characterised by an almost perfect circum-

amphi-tropical range, occurring disjunctively through-

out the Mediterranean and subtropical regions of the

world. The records of Riccia lamellosa nearest to the

Altai locality are in the Gissarskiy Range (Tajikistan;

Zerov et al. 1974), Akmolinsk Region (Kazakhstan;

Ladyzhenskaja 1961) and the Republic of Buryatiya

(Russia; Bakalin and Taran 2004).

25. Riccia subbifurca Warnst. ex Croz.

Contributors. E. A. Borovichev, N. R. Shaﬁgullina

Russian Federation. Central part of European Russia,

Republic of Tatarstan, Zelenodol’skiy District, 55°

52′19′′N, 48°40′34′′ E, Aysha Settlement vicinity, along

highway #A295, meadow edge of the arable ﬁeld, on

soil among grass, 10 November 2017, leg.

N. Shaﬁgullina #14 (INEP(H)-201).

This is the ﬁrst report of Riccia subbifurca for Russia

(cf. Konstantinova et al. 2009). Most thalli were fertile

and occurred in incomplete rosettes. The species has

a mainly Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean distri-

bution (Jovet-Ast 1986; Dierßen 2001; Özenoğlu

Kiremit et al. 2019). It is recorded from many localities

in Europe, in Africa from Algeria and Morocco and in

Asia from Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey and the United

Arab Emirates (Schumacker and Váňa2005; Özenoğlu

Kiremit 2011; Hodgetts 2015; Özenoğlu Kiremit et al.

2019). In the countries of the former USSR it is

known only from Georgia (Jovet-Ast 1986; Parolly

et al. 2018).

26. Riella aﬃnis Howe & Underw.

Contributor. J. G. Segarra-Moragues

Niger. Air Mountains, Tamgak, Agoum, 19°01′N,

8°33′E, Guelta, en mélange avec Characées, algues

ﬁlamenteuses et Diatomées, Mars 1977, leg. Henri

Dumont 143E, 165261(BR-BRYO).

Recent studies on the genus Riella Mont. have

revealed some new species and populations of

poorly known species worldwide (Puche and

Segarra-Moragues 2013; Segarra-Moragues and

Puche 2014; Segarra-Moragues et al. 2014,2019a,

2019b). Diﬃculties in addressing taxonomical and bio-

geographical studies in Riella arise from the scarcity of

collections which are often scattered across herbaria.

The Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) may help

locating specimens across herbaria. A GBIF search

revealed a Niger specimen of Riella cossoniana Trab.

of unusual ecology (Compère 1980) and separated

from other R. cossoniana records. Examination of the

specimen revealed it matched the monoicous

R. aﬃnis. In monoicous Riella, the antheridia are

scarce, produced in small groups rather than in con-

tinuous series. Riella aﬃnis is protandrous, with

antheridia located in the sinuses of the thallus wing

(Segarra-Moragues et al. 2014). The Niger voucher

consisted of small plants in the male phase and one

fully fertile plant, with antheridia and winged female

involucres. It seems that antheridia in this plant

passed unnoticed, and thus it was interpreted as a

female of the dioicous R. cossoniana. Such misidentiﬁ-

cations have been reported in this species (Segarra-

Moragues et al. 2019a).

200 L. T. ELLIS ET AL.

Riella aﬃnis extends from the Canary Islands to India

and a single South African population. Its distribution

is highly scattered with only 10 populations known

(Segarra-Moragues et al. 2019a). Unlike the halophilous

R. cossoniana,R. aﬃnis develops submerged in fresh-

water ponds and lakes. The Niger population occurred

in a guelta, a small ephemeral rock pool of Saharan

ravines, as did another Algerian population (Puche

and Boisset 2009).

27. Sarmentypnum trichophyllum (Warnst.) Hedenäs

Contributors. G. Brusa, G. Bergamo Decarli,

F. Sguazzin, M. Aleﬃand S. Poponessi

Italy. (1) Lombardy Region: Ballone Lake (Val di Lei),

Province of Sondrio. 46°24′33′′N, 9°25′16′′ E, ca. 2320

m a.s.l., submerged on the shores of the lake, 17 July

1996, leg. G. Brusa s.n. (priv. herb.); (2) Trentino-Alto

Adige Region: Malga Binasia (Bresimo) Province of

Trento, 46°26′38′′N, 10°56′46′′ E, ﬂoating in the Malga

Binasia spring, 2225 m a.s.l., September 2017, leg.

G. Bergamo Decarli, det. F. Sguazzin (priv. herb.); (3)

Passo del Rombo (Moso in Passiria) Province of

Bolzano, 46°53′34′′N, 11°05′51′′ E, submerged in small

lakes between 2547 and 2575 m a.s.l., September

2018, leg. G. Bergamo Decarli, det. F. Sguazzin (priv.

herb.); (4) Marschnell Moor (Ultimo) Province of

Bolzano, 46°34′21′′N, 10°58′26′′ E, submerged in the

marsh, 2345 m a.s.l., October 2018, leg. G. Bergamo

Decarli, det. F. Sguazzin (priv. herb.); (5) Ochsenberg

Alm (Curon Venosta) Province of Bolzano, 46°47′46′′N,

10°36′28′′E, submerged in the lake, 2154 m a.s.l.,

October 2018, leg. G. Bergamo Decarli, det. F. Sguazzin

(priv. herb.); (6) Westklapfberg Tal (Ultimo) Province of

Bolzano, 46°27′35′′N, 10°54′19′′E, submerged in the

lake, 1935 m a.s.l., October 2018, leg. G. Bergamo

Decarli, det. F. Sguazzin (priv. herb.).

Hedenäs (2006) transferred this dioicous species of

WarnstorﬁaLoeske to Sarmentypnum Tuom. &

T.J.Kop. based on the results of that paper and those

previously published by Hedenäs et al. (2005). In the

Mediterranean area (including Italy) this genus is rep-

resented to date by Sarmentypnum exannulatum

(Schimp.) Hedenäs and S. sarmentosum (Wahlenb.)

Tuom. & T.J.Kop.During a series of research studies

conducted in the central-eastern Alps, Sarmentypnum

trichophyllum was found in Lombardy and in some

localities of Trentino-Alto Adige. The specimens col-

lected grew mainly submerged or ﬂoating in small

alpine lakes, in mineral-rich water.

The species occurs in many localities in Sweden,

Finland and Norway, in the Svalbard Islands, Russian

Federation, Latvia; Canada (Alaska), United States of

America, Greenland; Ecuador, Colombia. The only

report for central and southern Europe is in Austria

(Tirol, Ötztaler Alp bei Schoenwieshuette unter der

Rotmoosferner, Pitztal, Tallage, leg. A. Blaufuss,

01.08.1972) (Grims 1999). Therefore, this is the ﬁrst

report of Sarmentypnum trichophyllum for Italy and

the second for central and southern Europe. The

present report of S. trichophyllum in Italy is an impor-

tant conﬁrmation and extension of range southwards.

In addition, the species is included in the IUCN Red List

in the LC category (Hodgetts, Calix, et al. 2019)

28. Scapania crassiretis Bryhn

Contributor. S. Ștefănuț

Romania. Southern Carpathians: FăgărașMountains,

Viștișoara glaciar ring, Brașov County, 45°36′49.1′′N,

24°45′48.6′′E, 2070 m a.s.l., 20 August 2020, leg.

S. Ștefănuț,s.n.,det.S.Ștefănuț(BUCA B12023,B12028).

This is the ﬁrst report of Scapania crassiretis from

Romania in the last 120 years (Ștefănuț2008;Ștefănuț

and Goia 2012;Ștefănuț2020). The specimens of

S. crassiretis from FăgărașMountains, Negoiu Moun-

tain, 2200 m a.s.l., leg. &det. K. Loitlesberger, 16

August 1897, conf.S.Ștefănuț, 20 October 2014 (W

1898-8258) was the previous single report of this

species for Romania (Loitlesberger 1898;Ștefănuț

2020).

Scapania crassiretis grew along with other bryo-

phytes such as Fuscocephaloziopsis albescens (Hook.)

Váňa & L.Söderstr. var. albescens,Anoectangium aesti-

vum (Hedw.) Mitt., Distichium inclinatum (Hedw.)

Bruch & Schimp.,Flexitrichum gracile (Mitt.) Ignatov &

Fedosov, Meesia uliginosa Hedw. and Myurella tener-

rima (Brid.) Lindb. The nearest other locality of this

species is in Bulgaria (Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020).

The conservation status of S. crassiretis in Romania is

Critically Endangered –CR B2ab(ii,iii).

29. Scapania kaurinii Ryan

Contributor. M. V. Dulin

Russian Federation. Komi Republic, subpolar Urals,

Intinsky District, ‘Yugyd Va’National Park, near the

Bolshoi Balbanty Lake and the ‘Zhelannaya’tourist

camp, top of the Barkova Mountain, 65°11′00.1′′N,

60°16′25.2′′E, ca. 1217 m a.s.l., rock outcrops near

groundwater outlet, on wet ground between stones,

among other liverworts, Gymnomitrion concinnatum

(Lightf.) Corda, Lophozia murmanica Kaal., Lophozia ven-

tricosa (Dicks.) Dumort., Ptilidium ciliare (L.) Hampe, Sca-

pania spitsbergensis (Lindb.) Müll.Frib., Tetralophozia

setiformis (Ehrh.) Schljakov, and Trilophozia quinqueden-

tata (Huds.) Bakalin, some plants with gemmae, anther-

idia, perianths, 9 July 2009, leg. &det. M. V. Dulin 819mvd

(58150, 58151, 58152, 58143) (SYKO).

This is the ﬁrst report of Scapania kaurinii from the

Komi Republic. It is an arctomontane species with an

uncertain distribution (Konstantinova 2000).This liver-

wort is assessed as Vulnerable in both Europe and the

EU 28 and included in the Red Data Book of some

regions: Finland, Norway and the Russian Federation

(Murmansk Province) (Konstantinova 2014; Halling-

bäck et al. 2019).

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Scapania kaurinii is known from several countries in

Europe (Finland, Norway, Sweden) and from some

localities in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is also reported

from North America (Alaska, Ellesmere Island) and

Greenland (Damsholt 2002; Hallingbäck et al. 2019),

and according to the GBIF database, is known in

Canada (British Columbia, Quebec). In Russia, it is

recorded in Murmansk Province (Khibiny Mountains,

Nyavka-Tundra Mountains), Arhangelsk Province

(Novaya Zemlya Island), Yamal-Nenets Autonomous

District (Yamal Peninsula), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous

District (Ner-Oika Mountain), Sverdlovsk Province

(northern Urals), Krasnoyarsk Krai (Taymyr Peninsula),

Irkutsk Province (Udokan Range), Buryatia Republic

(Topografov Peak), Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

(Yudomo-Mayskoe Upland, Suntar-Khayata, Tokinsky

Stanovik, Tas-Kystabyt Ranges), Zabaikal’sky Krai

(Kodar Range), Magadan Province (Kolyma Upland),

Chukchi Autonomous District (western and eastern

Chukotka, Anadyr River basin), Kamchatka Krai (north

and central Kamchatka) and Sakhalin Province (Nabils-

kij Range). Records of Scapania kaurinii from the Kam-

chatka Peninsula, Novaya Zemlya and the Yamal

Peninsula are based on identiﬁcations of sterile collec-

tions and remain dubious (Bakalin 2004; Konstantinova

et al. 2009; Choi et al. 2012; Konstantinova 2014; Kon-

stantinova and Lapshina 2014; Sofronova 2011,2013,

2018,2019; Sofronova et al. 2013,2015; Sofronova

and Potemkin 2016).

30. Scapania obscura (Mitt.) Müll.Frib.

Contributors. A. D. Potemkin, M. Ryan and

T. T. McIntosh

Canada. Yukon, Richardson Mountains, 67.777738°N,

136.690401°E, ca. 800 m a.s.l., оn soil over rock below

waterfall, 29 July 2019, leg. T. McIntosh, det.

A. D. Potemkin and M. Ryan (LE, UBC).

Scapania obscura is a rare species of the section Sca-

pania (Dumort.) Dumort. It has been previously

reported in North America from Canada: British Colum-

bia, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and from the

US: Alaska, Oregon, and Washington (Potemkin 2016).

The record from Yukon ﬁlls a gap in the distribution

of this species between Alaska and Northwest Terri-

tories. The species is exceedingly malleable and devel-

ops various morphotypes (Potemkin 1998,pp.37–38,

46, Figures 3–5) that may result in misidentiﬁcations.

31. Scapania scandica (Arnell & H.Buch) Macvicar

Contributors. A. D. Potemkin and M. Ryan

Canada. Yukon, Richardson Mountains, 67°31′16.4′′N,

136°30′18.1′′E, 788 m a.s.l., on humus on side of

opening of rodent den amongst rocky talus in

tundra, 29 July 2019, leg. M. Ryan s.n., det.

A. D. Potemkin and M. Ryan (LE, UBC).

Scapania scandica is an infrequent and quite vari-

able species of the section Curtae (Müll.Frib.) H.Buch,

rather widespread in northern North America, but pre-

viously not reported from Yukon (Potemkin 2016). The

record of this species from Yukon ﬁlls the gap in its dis-

tribution between Alaska and the Northwest

Territories.

32. Scapania spitsbergensis (Lindb.) Müll.Frib.

Contributor. M. V. Dulin

Russian Federation. Komi Republic, subpolar Urals,

Intinsky District, ‘Yugyd Va’National Park, near the

Bolshoi Balbanty Lake and the ‘Zhelannaya’tourist

camp, top of the Barkova Mountain, 65°11′00.1′′N,

60°16′25.2′′E, ca. 1217 m a.s.l., rock outcrops near

groundwater outlet, on wet ground between stones,

among other liverworts: Gymnomitrion concinnatum

(Lightf.) Corda, Lophozia murmanica Kaal., Ptilidium

ciliare (L.) Hampe, Scapania kaurinii Ryan, Trilophozia

quinquedentata (Huds.) Bakalin, 9 July 2009, leg. &

det. M. V. Dulin 819mvd (SYKO 58152).

This is the second report of Scapania spitsbergensis

from the Komi Republic. Earlier it was found in the

northern Urals (near the Halmersale Mountain) (Sofro-

nova et al. 2016). It is an arctomontane species with a

subcircumpolar distribution (Konstantinova 2000) and

was assessed as Vulnerable (VU) in Europe and in the

EU 28 as Endangered (EN) (Hallingbäck 2019). It is

included in the Red Data Book of Murmansk Province

and Komi Republic (Russia) (Konstantinova 2014;

Degteva 2019).

Scapania spitsbergensis is known from several

countries in Europe (northern Norway, Finland,

Sweden) and from some localities in Svalbard and

Jan Mayen. It is also reported from North America

(Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Ontario and

Maine) and Greenland (Damsholt 2002; Klimova and

Bakalin 2017; Hallingbäck et al. 2019). In Asia it is

known in Mongolia (Tsagaan Chuluut Mountain)

(Tsegmed et al. 2012).

In Russia, it is recorded in Murmansk Province,

Arhangelsk Province, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Dis-

trict, Altai Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Province,

Buryatia Republic, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Zabai-

kal’sky Krai, Amur Province, Chukchi Autonomous Dis-

trict, Magadan Province, Khabarovsk Krai and

Kamchatka Krai (Damsholt 2002; Konstantinova et al.

2009; Choi et al. 2012; Tsegmed et al. 2012; Sofronova

et al. 2013,2015; Konstantinova 2014; Konstantinova

and Lapshina 2014; Fedosov et al. 2015; Sofronova

2015,2018,2019; Bakalin et al. 2016; Sofronova and

Potemkin 2016; Klimova and Bakalin 2017)

33. Schistidium dupretii (Thér.) W.A.Weber

Contributors. S. V. O’Leary and P. Martin

Andorra. Bony de Les Neres, Ordino. 42°32′49.0′′N, 1°

33′49.2′′E, ca. 2210 m a.s.l., on concrete base of trans-

mitter station near mountain peak, 16 May 2019, leg.

and det. S. V. O’Leary & P. Martin s.n., conf. T. L. Blockeel.

202 L. T. ELLIS ET AL.

A small member of the genus, which can be con-

fused in the ﬁeld with Schistidium confertum (Funck)

Bruch & Schimp.,from which it diﬀers in its longer

capsule and leaves with very short hair-points. It is

rare in the Iberian Peninsula (Brugues and Guerra

2015), and a montane species throughout its range

in Europe (Blockeel et al. 2014). Blom (1996) notes

that, as a pioneer species of calcareous rock, it is very

common in man-made habitats, ‘on concrete by road-

sides, foundations of electric pylons’. In Bony de Les

Neres the specimens were collected from just such a

habitat.

34. Schistochilopsis grandiretis (Lindb. ex Kaal.)

Konstant.

Contributor. V. Hugonnot

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige, Belluno, Lago di Sorapis,

northern slope, 300 m south of the lake 2000–2050 m

a.s.l., 46°31′09.3′′N, 12°13′24.1′′E, 28 June 2019, leg.

V. Hugonnot s.n.(Herb.VincentHugonnot).

For Italy, Schistochilopsis grandiretis was historically

reported in 1896 in Trentino-Alto Adige (Bisang

1991), and not seen since (Aleﬃet al. 2020). A rare

arctic-alpine, circumpolar species, it has a sporadic

occurrence in Europe, mostly in Scandinavia and the

Alps.

Often associated with tundra in northern regions, in

Italy, it was observed in the alpine belt between dwarf

shrubs and herbs (Dryas octopetala L., Rhodothamnus

chamaecistus (L.) Rchb. etc.) on a calcareous slope on

humic, basic dolomitic soil with a lengthy snow

cover, where cryonival phenomena are predominant.

Associated bryophyte species included Distichium

capillaceum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp., Ditrichum

gracile (Schwägr.) Hampe, Blepharostoma trichophyl-

lum subsp. brevirete (Bryhn & Kaal.) R.M.Schust.,

Mnium thomsonii Schimp. and Pohlia cruda (Hedw.)

Lindb., which can be referred to the Distichion capilla-

cei vegetation type. Schistochilopsis grandiretis was

fully fertile there and seemed to beneﬁt from natural

disturbance of the ground. This type of vegetation

has a permanent character and is of high conservation

value.

Schistochilopsis grandiretis is characterised by its

pure green colour, large midleaf cells (often more

than 60 µm wide), and a distinct purple strip running

along the ventral side of the stem. This deep colour-

ation extends to the base of the leaves or the apex

of the plant. It is distinct from the other two green

species of the genus known in the Alps, Schistochilopsis

incisa (Schrad.) Konstant. and S. opacifolia (Meyl.) Kon-

stant., which are also acidophiles that mostly do not

attain such high altitudes. Schistochilopsis grandiretis

has been reported from several low-altitude localities

in Germany and Belgium (Schumacker 1993) but the

taxonomic status of these populations should be re-

evaluated.

35. Schwetschkea usambarica Broth.

Contributor. J. Enroth

Uganda. Kibale, Oate’s Track, trail side in partial shade,

on Acanthus L. trunk, 1500 m a.s.l., 25 November 1983,

leg. Matti Nummelin s.n. (H3241370).

Buck and Pôrto (2010) revised the African species of

Schwetschkea Müll.Hal. and placed the genus in the

Brachytheciaceae. Three species were recognised:

S. fabronioides (Welw. & Duby) Broth., S. grateloupii

(Mont.) Müll.Hal. and S. usambarica Broth. The last-

mentioned can be distinguished from the other two

by several characters, such as the clearly shorter

upper laminal cells and the sparsely hairy vs. naked

calyptrae. The specimen reported here is a good one,

with both mature and young sporophytes. Some of

the young capsules still have the calyptrae attached,

and the lower calyptra portions bear long hairs, as illus-

trated by Buck and Pôrto (2010).

Schwetschkea usambarica is known from Kenya,

Malawi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

and Zambia (O’Shea 2006). It is thus restricted to

eastern Central Africa. Buck and Pôrto (2010) regarded

is as ‘rare’and indeed only few collections are known.

The type from Tanzania is in V. F. Brotherus’herbarium

in H (https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.

specimen.h3301270).

36. Southbya gollanii Steph.

Contributors. K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu and R. R. Paul

India. Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang, on soil, 12 Novem-

ber 2019, leg. K. K. Rawat and R. R. Paul s.n. (LWG

325635A).

Southbya gollanii [≡Gongylanthus gollanii (Steph.)

Grolle] is reported for the ﬁrst time from state of Aruna-

chal Pradesh, in the Indian Himalaya. It has previously

been reported from Meghalaya and Uttarakhand (Ste-

phani 1906; Kashyap and Chopra 1932;Chopra1943;

Parihar 1961–1962; Kachroo 1970;Grolle1986;Long

and Grolle 1990; Parihar et al. 1994;Mizutanietal.

1995; Bapna and Kachroo 2000; Srivastava and Verma

2005; Singh et al. 2016). The plants are yellowish, 3–6

mm long, 1.0–1.5 mm wide including leaves, prostrate;

rhizoids numerous, hyaline, present on ventral surface.

Leaves closely imbricate, broadly ovate with rounded

apex, entire margins, 1.3–1.6 mm long, 1.1–1.6 mm

wide, margin recurved at apex; marginal cells 60–100

µm long, 24–36 µm wide, polygonal to rectangular,

thin-walled; median cells hexagonal, 60–112 µm long,

40–60 µm wide, thin-walled with small trigones; basal

cells 60–120 µm long, 40–60 µm wide, hexagonal;

cuticle smooth. Underleaves absent. Gemmae absent.

Sporophytes not found.

37. Sphagnum compactum Lam. & DC.

Contributors. E. Yu. Kuzmina and N. S. Liksakova

Russia. Sakhalin Region, Urup Island, southern part of

the island: (1) 6.03 km east of the mouth of the Kama

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River, 45.6519402°N, 149.5459702°E, 248 m a.s.l., peat-

land with ridge-pool complexes, hollow near the lake,

as admixture to Sphagnum fallax (H.Klingrr.) H.Klinggr.,

4 September 2019, leg. N. Liksakova 20, det. E. Kuzmina

(LE); (2) 6.23 km east of the mouth of the Kama River,

45.64912954°N, 149.5490847°E, 241 m a.s.l., peatland

with ridge-pool complexes, narrow ridge between

lakes, sedge-Sphagnum community dominated by

Carex middendorﬃiF.Schmidt with an admixture of

tundra species, sometimes abundant, 4 September

2019, leg. N. Liksakova 23, det. E. Kuzmina (LE).

Sphagnum compactum is widespread in the Arctic

and Boreal Zones of the Holarctic. It is a rare species

for the Southern Kuril Islands, previously known only

from Iturup Island (Bakalin et al. 2009).

38. Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoﬀm.

Contributors. M. Kırmacı, F. Filiz and U. Çatak

Turkey. Province Giresun, Kürtün, between Kızılali

Yayla and İnçayırı, 40°49′15.4′′N, 39°02′33.9′′ E, 1650 m

a.s.l., in high mountain ﬂushes, 31 August 2016, leg.

M. Kırmacı, F Filiz & U Çatak (MKIR 7532) (AYDN).

This new record raises to 25 the number of Sphag-

num L. taxa recorded for Turkey. All collections were

made in the northern part of the country, which is

inﬂuenced by an oceanic climate with a high annual

rainfall. There are limited peatlands over 1500 m a.s.l.

in the eastern Black Sea region (Kırmacıet al. 2019),

these areas being among the more fragile ecosystems

of Turkey and potentially aﬀected by climate change.

Sphagnum cuspidatum is found mostly in ombro-

trophic bogs or acid fens but may also grow in

ditches or oligotrophic ﬂushes (Daniels and Eddy

1985). The Turkish specimen was collected from high

mountain ﬂushes among vegetation composed of

mixed forests consisting of Picea orientalis (L.) Link.

and Fagus orientalis Lipsky. Rhododendron ponticum

L. and Vaccinium L. sp. are common in the lower layer

and in open forest areas. Various hydrophytic herbs

and Asplenium L. sp. are common around ﬂushes.

These taxa are known to develop on acidic soils. Sphag-

num centrale C.E.O.Jensen and Polytrichum commune

Hedw. are the other dominant associated bryophytes

in the area. As with other aquatic taxa, Sphagnum cuspi-

datum is highly variable. Aquatic forms, however, can

easily be separated by their ﬁne, delicate morphology

(Daniels and Eddy 1985). Our specimen is closer to a ter-

restrial form, which is relatively diﬃcult to distinguish

and can easily be overlooked among other taxa. The

characteristic feature of the terrestrial form is the rela-

tively long stem and side branch leaves and the

tightly curled ends of the cuspidate side branch leaves.

39. Sphagnum pulchrum (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Warnst.

Contributors. E. Yu. Kuzmina and N. S. Liksakova

Russia. Sakhalin Region, Urup Island, southern part of

the island, 5.94 km east of the mouth of the Kama

River, 45.65420587°N, 149.5444681°E, 253 m a.s.l.,

edge of the peatland with ridge-pool complexes,

sedge-Sphagnum community dominated by Carex

middendorﬃiF.Schmidt, abundant, 4 September

2019, leg. N. Liksakova 17, det. E. Kuzmina (LE).

Sphagnum pulchrum is known from the oceanic

regions of the eastern part of North America, Europe,

Japan, and the Far East of Russia (Ignatov and Ignatova

2003). A fairly rare species for the southern Kuril

Islands, it was previously noted from the islands of

Iturup and Kunashir (Bakalin et al. 2009; Kuzmina and

Koroteeva 2016).

40. Sphagnum subfulvum Sjörs

Contributors. E. Yu. Kuzmina and N. S. Liksakova

Russia. Sakhalin Region, Urup Island, southern part of

the island, 6.02 km east of the mouth of the Kama

River, 45.6495168°N, 149.5463511°E, 244 m a.s.l., peat-

land with ridge-pool complexes, on the tussock, sedge-

Sphagnum community dominated by Carex midden-

dorﬃiF.Schmidt with participation of dwarf-shrubs,

abundant and dominant, 4 September 2019, leg.

N. Liksakova 22, det. E. Kuzmina (LE).

This is a relatively rare species, known mainly from

the oceanic areas of the Holarctic Boreal Zone

(Ignatov and Ignatova 2003). Sphagnum subfulvum in

Russia has a mainly European distribution. Recently,

several localities for the species in the Asian part of

Russia have been found (Ellis, Alikhadzhiev, et al.

2020). In the South Kuril Islands it was previously

noted only from Shikotan Island (Bakalin et al. 2009).

41. Symphyogyna leptothelia Taylor

Contributor. E. Fuertes

Argentina. Prov. Jujuy, Dpto. Ledesma, Parque Nacio-

nal Calilegua, paraje Tres Cruces, epíﬁta o en rocas

húmedas, en bosques montanos húmedos-hiperhú-

medos, las Yungas, de foróﬁtos: Alnus acuminata

Kunth (aliso del cerro), Podocarpus parlatorei Pilg.

(pino del cerro), Cedrela angustifolia Sessé & Moc. ex

DC (cedro salteño), entre otros, 1060 m a.s.l., 23°44′S,

64°55′W, 16 June 2008, leg. E. Fuertes s.n. (MACB).

The plants are dioicous, olive-green, procumbent,

about 2–3cm long× 0.5–0.6 mm wide, dichotomously

forked, with a distinct midrib sharply deﬁned from the

unistratose lamina, up to 1000 µm wide with one

strand of narrow, thick-walled cells. Thallus membranous,

undivided, margin with teeth 4–6 cells long, border

inconspicuous consisting of 1–2 rows of cells, about 62

(–95) long × 30(–35) µm wide, longer and narrower

than adjacent lamina cells, more or less isodiametric-hex-

agonal, about 70 (–75) long × 50 (–55) µm wide. Mucila-

ginous papillae present on the dorsal thallus surface.

Sporophytes scattered on the midrib, protected by tiny

scales. Seta long, whitish, capsule cylindrical, 4–5mm

long, dehiscing into 4 valves (Illustrations in Uribe and

Aguirre 1995,Figure7:A–D, Van Reenen 782).

204 L. T. ELLIS ET AL.

Symphyogyna leptothelia has been found as an epi-

phyte and on rocks, in moist and shaded deciduous

and evergreen forest at 800–1800 m a.s.l., in Jujuy pro-

vince (Argentina). Five species of Symphyogyna

are recognised in Argentina: S. aspera Steph. ex F.A.Mc-

Cormick, S. circinata Nees & Mont., S. podophylla

(Thunb.) Mont. & Nees, S. rubritincta A.Evans and

S. hochstetteri Nees & Mont. by Hässel de Menéndez

and Rubies (2009). Distributed in South America in

Colombia (Stephani 1900; Uribe and Aguirre 1995; Tro-

picos 2020), Perú (Stephani 1900; Uribe and Aguirre

1995), Brazil (Stephani 1900; Uribe and Aguirre 1995;

Gradstein and Costa 2003; Tropicos 2020) and Argen-

tina (this contribution).

42. Syntrichia latifolia (Bruch ex Hartm.) Huebener

Contributors. M. Boiko, N. Zagorodniuk and

L. M. Boiko

The Ukraine. Steppe zone, Kherson region, town Hola

Prystan’, park-monument of garden and park art of

local signiﬁcance ‘Park of the “Hopry”Health Resort’,

on Ulmus laevis Pall., 1784, in the park near the

‘Soliane’lake, on bark at the base of trunks, associated

with Pylaisia polyantha (Hedw.) Schimp. (dominant epi-

phyte), Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. and Leskea poly-

carpa Hedw., and at the soil surface Orthotrichum

diaphanum Schrad. ex Brid., 27 August 2020, leg.&

det. N. V. Zagorodniuk, M. Boiko s.n. (KHER).

Syntrichia latifolia is a xeromesophyte, eutrophic,

dioecious, nemoral species with a cushion-like turf

habit. The turfs are low (stems 2.5 cm high), blackish-

green and disintegrate easily; the leaves form apical

rosettes. In the sample studied capsules were not

found, but characteristic spherical, 2- and 4-celled

gemmae (mostly 2-celled) covered the leaf blades in

large quantities.

This species is known in the Ukraine from the far

west Zakarpattia region, Mukachevo district, the

Dobran’forestry (Zerov and Partyka 1975) and from

the far east Livoberezhnyi Lisostep, Kharkiv region,

Zmiivskyi district and the ‘Seredniodonetskyi’forest

reserve (Barsukov 2014). The present record was

found in the far south of the Ukraine and is a new

record for the steppe zone (Boiko 1992). Its locality is

signiﬁcantly disjunct from most of the known range

of the species in southeastern Europe, which may be

explained by the mass formation of gemmae and

their ease of transfer, possibly by air masses, birds, or

humans. It is likely that dispersal to this location

occurred not long ago because the park was only

planted in the 1950s.

43. Syntrichia subpapillosissima (Bizot & R.B.Pierrot ex

W.Kramer) M.T.Gallego & J.Guerra

Contributor. H. Kürschner

Saudi Arabia. Asir Mountains, SW of Kamish Mushayt,

Jebel Natfa west of Al Harajah towards Al Jawwah,

17°55′21.79′′N, 43°16′32.24′′ E, 2800 m a.s.l., on rock in

Juniperus procera-Acacia origena woodland, 25 March

1984, leg. W. Frey & H. Kürschner 84-174,conf.

W. Kramer 2019 (herb. B, herb. Kürschner, Berlin).

Recorded as Tortula ruralis (Hedw.) P.Gaertn., E.Mey.

& Schreb. by Frey and Kürschner (1988). Syntrichia sub-

papillosissima belongs the heterogeneous S.ruralis

(Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr complex (Kramer 1980).

Its morphological boundaries and taxonomic cat-

egories have been treated in diﬀerent ways, but it

was elevated to the rank of a species by Gallego

et al. (2002). The species can be separated from

S. ruraliformis (Besch.) Cardot [S. ruralis var. ruraliformis

(Besch.) Delogn.] by the dense papillosity of the lamina

cells which is a ‘constant and suﬃciently stable charac-

ter to support its status as a species’(Gallego et al.

2002).

A recent molecular and morphological analysis of

the Scandinavian Syntrichia ruralis complex revealed

that specimens with S. subpapillosissima morphology

are nested within S. ruralis or S. ruraliformis (Hedenäs

et al. 2019), the authors concluding that

S. subpapillosissima may represent only a speciﬁcphe-

notype, adapted to more arid conditions, of either

one of these two species. However, further studies

are required to investigate the taxonomic status of

the species (Hedenäs et al. 2019). A specimen from

the Asir Mountains of Saudi Arabia, previously

named Syntrichia ruralis (Frey and Kürschner 1988),

shows all of the morphological characters of

S. subpapillosissima [leaves densely papillose and

tapering towards apex, leaf apex (transition

between hairpoint and apex) hyaline, laminal cells

with pedicellate and branched papillae (bifurcate),

dorsal surface of costa strongly papillose to subden-

tate]. It is transferred to S. subpapillosissima and rep-

resents a new record for Saudi Arabia, increasing

the total number of bryophyte species for the

country to 129 (Taha 2019; Taha and Abou-Salama

in Ellis, Afonina, et al. 2020;KürschnerandFrey

2020a,2020b;Tahaetal.2020).

44. Tortella fasciculata (Culm.) Culm.

Contributors. P. Martin and S. V. O’Leary

Andorra. Serra Dels Corrals, on limestone outcrops

above communication mast, 42°33′20.6′′N, 1°27′02.9′′E,

2284 m a.s.l., 15 May 2019, close associates include

Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr., Encalypta vulgaris

Hedw., Grimmia anodon Bruch & Schimp, Pseudocrossi-

dium obtusulum (Lindb.) H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson,

Didymodon acutus (Brid.) K.Saito and Buckia vaucheri

(Lesq.) D.Rios, M.T.Gallego & J.Guerra. leg. & det.

P. Martin & S. V. O’Leary s.n., conf. T. L. Blockeel.

This is the ﬁrst record for Andorra. Tortella fascicu-

lata is a suboceanic-submediterranean species and its

distribution in France and the Iberian Peninsula is

not completely clear. The confusion is due to the

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transfer of T.bambergeri (Schimp.) Broth. to either

T. fasciculata or T. pseudofragilis (Ther.) Köckinger &

Hedenäs (Köckinger and Hedenäs 2017).

In France it is known from the Pyrenees, from where

the type specimen originates, as well as in a few

localities in the Massif Central, Alsace and south-

eastern France (pers. comm. V. Hugonnot). The distri-

bution in Spain is unclear due to incomplete revision

of material, though there is a conﬁrmed record from

Cuenca, Valdemoro Sierra, Cezon &Munoz (Köckinger

and Hedenäs 2017). Tortella fasciculata is not known

from Portugal (pers. comm. R. Porley).

45. Tortula cernua (Huebener) Lindb.

Contributors. S. Ursavaşand A. Özen

Turkey. Denizli, Honaz district, Aydınlar village, Kavaklı

creek, 37°44′24.90′′N, 29°22′33.49′′ E, 951 m. a.s.l., near

the creek bank (agricultural areas around the study

area),associated with Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.)

Huebener, on soil, 15 May 2018, leg. A. Özen s.n., det.

S. Ursavaş, (U3277), conf. R.H. Zander.

Tortula cernua is reported here for the ﬁrst time

from Turkey. It was recorded at the end of the 1900s

in South America (Cano and Gallego 2008), while

Bartram (1929) reported it in Canada from Sandy

Cove (Ingornachoix Bay), St. John Island, Bard Harbor

(St. John Bay) and Flower Cove (Tuomikoski et al.

1973). Although widely distributed on the North Amer-

ican continent, it is considered to be rare and endan-

gered in many European countries (Blanár and

Petrášová 2007), with conservation statuses such as

Regionally Extinct (RE) and Critically Endangered (CR)

(Hodgetts 2015; Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020). It is a

rare species over all its geographical range. It occurs

in unstable, calcareous, frequently transient natural

habitats, including on shores, soil, or rock, and in

anthropogenic habitats such as limestone quarries,

mines and walls (Hedenäs 2001). It is a boreal,

montane species, occurring mainly on calcareous soil,

frequently in maritime habitats. This record from

Turkey is the most southerly occurrence of T. cernua

in Europe and Asia. The presence of streams and lake

ecosystems in the region where it is located has

created a microclimatic eﬀect (Ursavaşand Keçeli

2019) and allowed the species to spread in the area.

46. Tortula muralis Hedw.

Contributors. W. R. Álvaro Alba, D. A. Becerra Infante,

K. A. Cárdenas Espinosa and B. Moncada

Colombia. Boyacá, municipio de Tunja, Universidad

Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, 05°33′13.8′′ N,

73°21′41.3′′ W, 2730 m a.s.l., 19 January 2015, leg.

W. R. Álvaro Alba, D. A. Becerra Infante & K. A. Cárdenas

Espinosa 3425 (C-0019935 UDBC).

Tortula muralis (Pottiaceae) is a widely distributed

species (Zander 1993). The populations studied con-

sisted of small, yellowish-green plants with simple to

scarcely branching stems up to 0.4 cm long; leaves

crisped when dry, spreading when moist; lingulate;

apex rounded to obtuse; margins recurved from near

base to the apex, costa excurrent in hyaline hair-

point; medial and upper cells pluripapillose with bifur-

cated papillae; seta erect, twisted, yellow to yellowish

brown; calyptra cucullate; capsule erect, cylindrical;

operculum conical. This species was found in an

urban habitat, on brick and concrete walls, in

exposed and humid places, growing in short turfs. In

the most recent treatment of the genus for South

America, Cano and Gallego (2008) state that the

species should be excluded from the Neotropics,

after checking specimens collected in Peru actually

correspond to Syntrichia limensis (R.S.Williams)

R.H.Zander. However, taking into account that the

species tends to establish itself on artiﬁcial substrates,

it can be inferred that the scarce collections of urban

bryophytes in the Neotropical countries do not allow

us to surmise the real distribution of the species.

47. Ulota intermedia Schimp.

Contributor. A. Graulich

Belgium. (1) Marchin, Hoyoux valley, on Fagus sylva-

tica L., 50°29′20′′N, 5°15′17′′ E, 210 m a.s.l., 18 January

2020, leg. A. Graulich, det A. Graulich (herb. Graulich

ULOTA 09/20); (2) Malmedy, Moûpa, on Fagus sylvatica,

50°28′08′′N, 6°01′50′′ E, 550 m a.s.l., 28 June 2020, leg.

A. Graulich, det. A. Graulich (herb. Graulich ULOTA

18/20).

In Europe, Ulota intermedia has its main distribution

area in the northern and central part of the continent.

In southern Europe, the species is restricted to

montane areas (Caparrós et al. 2016). Nevertheless,

its distribution is still imperfectly known due to its

new taxonomic status, adding to the confusion with

other epiphytic species such as U. bruchii Hornsch.

and U. crispula Bruch. Ulota intermedia is probably

widespread in the hilly area of eastern Belgium.

48. Ulota pycnophylla Dusén ex Malta

Contributors. R. Garilleti, B. Albertos, I. Draper and

F. Lara

Argentina. Neuquén, Departamento Los Lagos,

Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, Lake Pireco, Cardenal

Samoré International pass, near the Argentinian

customs post, 40°43’16′′S, 71°47’57′′ W, 800 m a.s.l.,

Coihue tree (Nothofagus dombeyi Bl.) forest,epiphyte

on young N. dombeyi, 13 January 2017, leg.

R. Garilleti 2017-095a, 096e with F. Lara.

This moss was described (Malta 1927) based on a

specimen collected by Dusén from Cordillera de la

Costa, near Angol (Araucanía Region), an area with a

Mediterranean climate. It was not found again until

its rediscovery far south at Capitan Prat Province,

Aysén Region (Larraín 2016), a zone with a temperate

oceanic climate. This is the ﬁrst record for Argentina

206 L. T. ELLIS ET AL.

and the easternmost one, representing an intermedi-

ate point between the extremes of the known distri-

bution of the species, while also being from an area

with an oceanic climate.

Larraín (2016) pointed out that Ulota pycnophylla

could be a synonym of U. macrocalycina Mitt., but

with some diﬀerences that could sustain its distinction.

Both species share characters such as a creeping

growth form and leaves scarcely curved to straight

with a (sub-)obtuse apex. Discriminating characters

are: U. macrocalycina has broader leaf apices, short

and dense branches, naked calyptrae and spores 30–

35 μm in diameter; U. pycnophylla has obtuse to

acute leaf apices, longer lax branches, hairy calyptrae

and spores 20–26 μm. Ulota macrocalycina shows a

preference for hyper-humid oceanic cold climates. It

is widespread in Tierra del Fuego (Matteri 2003;

Larraín and Bahamonde 2017), and has rarely been

recorded from more northerly areas such as Aysén

(Larraín 2016) and Los Lagos regions (Deguchi 1991).

The latter record is based on a specimen from the

Chilean–Argentinian border, very close to our own

ﬁnding of U. pycnophylla in Argentina. It has not

been possible for us to study that specimen to

conﬁrm the identiﬁcation.

Acknowledgements

The work of V. A. Bakalin, S. S. Choi and C. W. Hyun was sup-

ported by the grant ‘Survey of Korean Indigenous Species’

from the National Institute of Biological Resources of Ministry

of Environment in Korea awarded to C. W. Hyun. Field work of

M. S. Ignatov and E. A. Ignatova was supported by RFBR

19-04-00976. The study by A. Uygur, T. Ezer, S. Karaman

Erkul and M. Alataşwas supported ﬁnancially by the

Scientiﬁc and Technological Research Council of Turkey

(TÜBİTAK) (project number 120Z046), which is thanked for

its ﬁnancial support.

E. Fuertes thanks the Argentine National Parks for provid-

ing her with collecting permits. Her research was funded by

project AECI, A- 8930-2007 of the Science and Innovation Min-

istry of Spain. H. Kürschner is grateful to Dr W. Kramer (Frei-

burg) for the revision of some Tortula/Syntrichia species of

the S. ruralis complex. María J. Cano thanks Jaime Güemes

and Leopoldo Medina for the organisation of the botanical

expedition to Crete and Manolis Avramakis and the staﬀof

the Natural History Museum of Crete (NHMC) for support

and logistics. This work was ﬁnanced by the Spanish Ministerio

de Ciencia e Innovación (project PID2019-103993GB-I00 co-

ﬁnanced by FEDER). Pamela Saha, Md. Nehal Aziz and Debab-

rata Maity thank the former Director of the Botanical Survey of

India, Dr. Paramjit Singh, and the present Director, Dr. A. A.

Mao, for providing necessary facilities and encouragement.

They are also grateful to PCCF, West Bengal for granting per-

mission for the ﬁeld exploration tours. The ﬁrst author (P.

Saha) thanks the Principal and Head of the Department of

Botany, Bijoy Krishna Girl’s College, Howrah, West Bengal, for

encouragement and necessary facilities.

K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu and R. R. Paul are grateful to the Direc-

tor of the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute for

kindly providing the facilities required for the study. They

are also grateful to the forest department oﬃcials of

Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh and Tungnath, Uttarakhand for

kindly permitting the study. Financial assistance from the

Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad to KKR and

RRP under the project number GAP-3464 is also acknowl-

edged. The authors also thank the institutional ethics com-

mittee for granting institutional MS number CSIR-NBRI_MS/

2020/12/02. The contribution of Michaela Kropik and

Harald Zechmeister is part of the LE 14–20 project ‘Natur-

raum Nationalpark Thayatal 2020+ (7.6.1b-II6-47/19)’. The

authors acknowledge the ﬁnancial support of their study

by the Nationalpark Thayatal GmbH. The work of

E. A. Borovichev and N. R. Shaﬁgullina was partially sup-

ported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Researches

(grant number 18-04-00594A). S. Ștefănuțacknowledges

the support of project number RO1567-IBB03/2020 through

the Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian

Academy. The work of M. V. Dulin was performed within

the scope of the state task ‘Diversity of vegetation at the

west macroslope of the Subpolar Ural’(number АААА-

А19-119011790022-1). The author is also grateful to

A. D. Potemkin for conﬁrming the identity of Scapania

kaurinii.

The study by A. D. Potemkin was carried out within the

framework of the institutional research project of Komarov

Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

‘Flora and systematics of lichens and bryophytes of Russia

and phytogeographically important regions’(АААА-А19-

119020690077-4) and was supported by RFBR project 18-

05-60093 Арктика. The ﬁeldwork of M. Ryan was supported

by the Polar Continental Shelf Program (Natural Resources

Canada), the Yukon Department of Environment, and

Environment and Climate Change Canada. M. Ryan and

A. D. Potemkin are grateful to T. McIntosh for collecting Sca-

pania obscura.M.Kırmacı, F. Filiz and U. Çatak cordially thank

TUBİTAK for ﬁnancial support to Mesut Kırmacı(TBAG

113Z631), and also thank Harald Kürschner for kind help

during ﬁeld trips and with regard to the genus Sphagnum.

E. Fuertes expresses her gratitude to Olga Martínez and

Lázaro J. Novara from the University of Salta (Argentina),

for the attention and facilities received for the study and con-

servation of the bryological material. Her research was

funded by the Spanish Foreign Oﬃce of the Kingdom of

Spain, project AECI, A /8930/2007.

J. G. Segarra-Moragues thanks P. Ballings and A. Bogaerts

(Botanic Garden Meise Herbarium), for their help in locating

and accessing specimens, and F. Puche for comments on an

earlier version of their note. Their study was partially funded

by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competi-

tiveness project CGL2016-80418-P. S. Ursavaşand A. Özen

would like to thank Richard H. Zander for his help in conﬁ-

rming the determination of Tortula cernua. The contribution

by R. Garilleti, B. Albertos, I. Draper and F. Lara was supported

by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

grant CGL2013–43246-P and Economy, Industry and Compe-

titiveness grant CGL2016-80772-P. The authors acknowledge

the Argentinian Administración de Parques Nacionales for

authorisation to collect bryophytes in the territories

managed by this national service.

The work reported by V. E. Fedosov was supported by RSF

grant # 18-14-00121. J. Enroth thanks Dr. Matti Nummelin

(Hyvinkää, Finland) for sending the specimens for identiﬁ-

cation. The work of N. A. Konstantinova and A. N. Savchenko

was conducted within the framework of the institutional

research project АААА-А18-118050490088-0 and was partly

supported by RFBR grants 18-04-00594 and 18-05-60093.

The study reported by E. Yu. Kuzmina was carried out

within the framework of the basic project (planned theme

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of the laboratory of lichenology and bryology of Komarov

Botanical Institute ‘Flora of lichens and bryophytes of

Russia and phytogeographically important regions’)

number АААА-А19-119020690077-4 and partially sup-

ported by the grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic

Research number 19-05-00805-а. The study of N. S. Liksakova

was carried out within the framework of the planned theme

of the Laboratory of Geobotany of the Komarov Botanical

Institute ‘Vegetation of European Russia and Northern Asia:

diversity, dynamics and organization principles’number

121032500047-1 N. S. Liksakova express her gratitude to

the organisers of and participants in the expedition to the

Kuril Islands in 2019 ‘East Bastion –Kuril Ridge’, organised

by the Expedition Center of the Ministry of Defense of the

Russian Federation and the Russian Geographical Society.

The contribution by G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá and S. A. Maciel-

Silva was ﬁnanced in part by Coordenação de Aper- feiçoa-

mento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil (CAPES)- Finance

Code 001, and the Ruﬀord Foundation (small grant 2018-

2019). W. R. Álvaro Alba, D. A. Becerra Infante, K. A. Cárdenas

Espinosa and B. Moncada thank the Corporación Autónoma

Regional de Boyacá (Corpoboyacá) for granting the study

permit for scientiﬁc research in biological diversity with

permit number 3524 of 2014, and María Teresa Gallego for

the conﬁrmation of Tortula muralis.S.Ștefănuțacknowledges

the support by project number RO1567-IBB03/2021 through

the Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy.

ORCID

V. A. Bakalin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7897-4305

I. Draper http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3102-9386

R. Garilleti http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5977-2908

B. Albertos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-5600

S. Sciandrello http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1132-5698

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