Adam Stebel

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1. Bucklandiella crispipila (Taylor) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra Contributors: H. Bednarek-Ochyra and R. Ochyra Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay District, Raba Raba Subdistrict, Goë, 9u429S, 149u029E, 3460 m a.s.l., on rock, 5 July 1972, leg. P. F. Stevens & J. F. Veldkamp LAE 54438 (BM). Hitherto Bucklandiella crispipila has been considered an Afro-American tropical montane species, widely distributed but scattered in Central (Frisvoll, 1988; Allen, 2002) and South America (Bednarek-Ochyra, Ochyra & Buck, 1999) and in the East African mountains (Ochyra, 1993). The discovery of the species at an altimontane elevation in New Guinea represents a considerable extension of its range, and consequently the phytogeographical status of B. crispipila has to be redefined as pan-tropical montane. After B. subsecunda (Hook. & Grev.) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra and B. emersa (Müll.Hal.) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra, it is the third species of the genus occurring in Malesia.

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Ditrichum gracile was recorded in the locality Samarske stijene in the Velika Kapela Mt for first time in Croatia. Ditrichum gracile occured within forests of common spruce belonging to the community Hyperico grisebachii - Piceetum on the forest floor, forming distinct patches of several square decimetres. The plants were of typical appearance, medium to robust, in reddish green to purplish black, rarely green patches.

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1. Aneura pseudopinguis (Herzog) PocsContributor: K. HylanderEthiopia: Kaffa, Bonga, Gimbo, Meligawa, Barta forest, 3 km ENE of Bonga, moist Afromontane forest, among other bryophytes on dead wood,...

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1. Acaulon mediterraneum LimprContributor: R. NatchevaBulgaria: Blagoevgrad region, Belasitsa Nature Park, south of the road between the villages of Razdak and Drangovo, on soil in pasture, 41.3981...

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 38 L. T. Ellis, J. Bayliss, M. A. Bruggeman-Nannenga, B. Cykowska, R. Ochyra, N. J. M. Gremmen, J.-P. Frahm, T. A. Hedderson, P. Heras, V. M. Infante, V. Hugonnot, F. Mogro, V. Plasek, L. Cihal, J. Sawicki, A. Schafer-Verwimp, A. Stebel, S. Ştefănuţ, J. Vaňa, J.-D. Yang, S.-H. Lin The Natural History Museum, UK, Fauna and Flora International, UK, Zeist, The Netherlands, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Data-Analyse Ecologie, The Netherlands, Rolandseck, Germany, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava, Spain, Conservatoire Botanique National du Massif Central, France, Edificio Las Palmas, Bolivia, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Herdwangen-Schonach, Germany, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, Romania, Charles University, Czech Republic, Endemic Species Research Institute, Taiwan, Tunghai University, Taiwan

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Syntrichia norvegica is a circumpolar arctic- montane species (Smith, 2004), rare at lower altitudes and in southern Europe (Frey et al., 2006). It is known from several south-eastern European countries (Sabovljevic et al., 2008) and now it is recorded for the first time in Croatia. Regarding its conservation status, S. norvegica is red listed in Great Britain (EN), Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia (VU), Bulgaria (NT), Hungary (DD), Romania (VU) and Estonia (VU) (Hodgetts, 2014). It 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 at more than 70u, the zonal vegetation is replaced by frigoriphilous communities. The main community on the very bottom is Drepanoclado uncinati-Heliospermetum pusillae Surina & Vres 2004, which encompasses many species of cold habitats characterized by long-lasting snow cover, e.g. Saxifraga sedoides L. subsp. prenja (Beck) Beck (glacial relict in the Velebit), Heliosperma pusillum (Waldst. & Kit.) Rchb., Polygonum viviparum L., Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt, Poa alpina L. and Festuca nitida Kit. This community was spread over ca 250 m2 and was bordered by low shrubs of Salix waldsteiniana Willd., which form another frigoriphilous community Salicetum waldsteinianae Beger 1922. In the moss flora, another arctic- montane species, Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Huebener) T.J.Kop., is very abundant, and this is the only known locality in Croatia (Blockeel et al., 2009c). Further bryophytes that were present include Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske, Orhothecium rufescens (Dicks. ex Brid.) Schimp., Campylium protensum (Brid.) Kindb., Campylophyllum halleri (Hedw.) M.Fleisch., Sciuro-hypnum reflexum (Starke) Ignatov & Huttunen, Platydictya jungermannioides (Brid.) H.A.Crum, Hypnum bambergeri Schimp., Plagiopus oederianus (Sw.) H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson, and Plagiochilla porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb. among others. The population of S. norvegica was vigorous, forming dozens of dense patches of several dm2 on rocks and among other bryophytes and herbs. Plants were typically developed, deep green, with long, reddish leaf points, but capsules were not found.

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Paper presents couple of new national and regional bryophyte records accross the world, including our new record of Pseudocalliergon lycopodioides in the Carpathians (Czarny Dunajec); the only recent record for the Carpathians.

Medicinal mosses in pre-Linnaean bryophyte floras of central Europe. An example from the natural history of Poland

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The paper presents information about the earliest botanical work from Poland, Warsavia physice illustrata which takes bryophytes into account. It was elaborated by a German physician Christian Heinrich Erndtel and issued in 1730 in Dresden. That time understanding of bryophytes was imprecise and in many cases they were confused with lichens and club mosses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bryophyte taxa polynomials (18 names) were identified using pre- and post-Linnaean botanical monographs from years 1590 to 1801. Their current names and pharmacological value are provided, as well as the old ethnobotanical data about bryophytes (cited from 18th-century sources). RESULTS Altogether 18 bryophyte species were identified from the vicinity of Warsaw (17 mosses and 1 liverwort). Some of them are still abundant in this area (for example Climacium dendroides, Plagiomnium undulatum and Polytrichum juniperinum) while some other are rare or extinct (for example Neckera crispa and Rhodobryum roseum). CONCLUSIONS Despite the technical ability to observe specific microscopic differences among bryophytes, physicians of 18th century were hardly interested in using any of them as medicinal stock. It may be concluded that the competences in pre-Linnaean bryology did not put into practice using moss-derived materia medica of 18th century (the only exceptions were Fontinalis antipyretica and Polytrichum spp.).

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ub lis he d by M an ey P ub lis hi ng ( c) B rit is h B ry ol og ic al S oc ie ty Bryological Note New national and regional bryophyte records, 27 L T Ellis, A K Asthana, Vinay Sahu, P Bansal, V Nath, P Erzberger, T Hallingback, M Infante, P Lazarevic, L Luis, R Medina, R Ochyra, N Pande, B Papp, V Plasek, M Sabovljevic, J Sawicki, M Sim-Sim, A Stebel, G M Suarez, J van Rooy, N Phephu Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, Bryology Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, Belziger Str. 37, Berlin, Germany, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, Faculdade de Ciencias de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Instituto Piaget, Campus Universitario de Santo Andre, Portugal, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland, Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Nainital, India, Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Deparment of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Fundacion Miguel Lillo, Tucuman, Argentina, National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

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