Harald Kürschner

New national and regional bryophyte records, 12

New national and regional bryophyte records, including new data from Bulgaria gathered during GAAV project.

New national and regional bryophyte records, 42

New national and regional bryophyte records, 42 L. T. Ellis, M. Aleffi, V. A. Bakalin, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, A. Bergamini, P. Beveridge, S. S. Choi, V. E. Fedosov, R. Gabriel, M. T. Gallego, S. Grdović, R. Gupta, V. Nath, A. K. Asthana, L. Jennings, H. Kürschner, M. Lebouvier, M. C. Nair, K. M. Manjula, K. P. Rajesh, M. Nobis, A. Nowak, S. J. Park, B.-Y. Sun, V. Plášek, L. Čı́hal, S. Poponessi, M. G. Mariotti, A. Sabovljević, M. S. Sabovljević, J. Sawicki, N. Schnyder, R. Schumacker, M. Sim-Sim, D. K. Singh, D. Singh, S. Majumdar, S. Singh Deo, S. Ştefănuţ, M. Suleiman, C. M. Seng, M. S. Chua, J. Váňa, R. Venanzoni, E. Bricchi, M. J. Wigginton Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy, Botanical Garden-Institute, Vladivostok, Russia, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, Korea, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, Azorean Biodiversity Group — CITAA, DCA — University of the Azores, Portugal, Departamento de Biologı́a Vegetal (Botánica), Universidad de Murcia, Spain, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Group, SGE — University of Oxford, UK, Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Pflanzengeographie, Germany, CNRS UMR 6553, Université de Rennes 1, France, Department of Botany, The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, University of Opole, Poland, Department of Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Belgrade, Serbia, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Institut für Systematische Botanik, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, Department of Botany, University of Liège, Belgium, Centre for Environmental Biology, University of Lisbon, Portugal, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, India, Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah, India, Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, Romania, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University Malaysia, Sabah, Malaysia, Department of Botany, Charles University, Czech Republic, University of Perugia, Italy, Warmington, Peterborough, UK

New national and regional bryophyte records, 29

New national and regional bryophyte records, 29 L T Ellis, S Akhoondi Darzikolaei, S Shirzadian, V A Bakalin, H BednarekOchyra, R Ochyra, D Claro, M V Dulin, P M Eckel, P Erzberger, R Eziz, M Sulayman, C Garcia, C Sérgio, S Stow, T Hedderson, L Hedenäs, H Kürschner, W Li, M Nebel, J Nieuwkoop, D A Philippov, V Plášek, J Sawicki, A Schäfer-Verwimp, S Ştefănuţ, J Váňa Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, Botany Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran, Botanical Garden-Institute, Vladivostok, Russia, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland, Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa, Portugal, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, UB RAS, Komi, Russia, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA, Belziger Str. 37, D-10823 Berlin, Germany, College of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China, Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Cryptogamic Botany, Stockholm, Sweden, Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Pflanzengeographie, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Vluchtheuvelstraat, 6621 BK Dreumel, Netherlands, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Water, RAS, Yaroslavl, Russia. Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Mittlere Letten 11, D-88634 Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Photosynthetic Pathways and Ecological Distribution of Halophytes from Four Littoral Salt Marshes (Egypt/Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iran)

Summary This is the first comparative study to be made of four littoral salt marshes in South-West Asia (Shura Arwashie, Egypt/Sinai; Tawwal, Saudi Arabia; Qurm, Oman; Bandar-e Khamer, Iran). The aim was to find out whether there is a relation between the photosynthetic pathways and the ecological distribution of the halophytes. To answer this question, quantitative-analytic survey techniques were used to determine the zonation of the littoral salt marshes, and the species making up the vegetation zones were examined with regard to their photosynthetic pathways (Kranz syndrome, δ 13 C values). Attention was given to soil moisture and soil salinity. With the aid of photosynthesis spectra the proportional occurrence of each group in the zones could be determined. It turned out that in all four examples there is a correlation between photosynthetic pathway, soil moisture and soil salinity. The C 4 plant distribution is not only related to high summer and winter temperatures and to soil moisture, but is also influenced by salinity. The C 4 species colonize a transition zone between C 3 hygrohalophytes and xerophytic, nonhalophytic C 3 species.

New national and regional bryophyte records, 43

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...

Life strategies of epiphytic bryophytes in Mediterranean Pinus woodlands and Platanus orientalis alluvial forests of Turkey

Abstract A life strategy analysis of the epiphytic Brachythecio olympici-Dicranoweisietum cirratae (xeric Pinus woodlands) and the Orthotricho franzoniani-Antitrichietum breidlerianae ( Platanus alluvial forests) of southwest Anatolia was conducted, based on a plant sociological analysis. Typical of the drought-resistant, photo- and xerophytic Brachythecio-Dicranoweisietum are xerotolerant cushion- and short turf-forming acrocarpous “generative” perennial stayers with a regular sporophyte production and small spores, providing chance dispersal for colonizing the extensive Pinus woodlands of the area. By contrast, tail-, mat- and fan-forming pleurocarpous mosses and liverworts, belonging to the “passive” or “vegetative” perennial shuttle species and perennial stayers strategy, dominate the shadier, meso- to hygrophytic Orthotricho-Antitrichietum . In addition, in this community short-range dispersal, as indicated by large spores (engy- and achorous tendency) is typical, increasing the chance of establishment within the narrow alluvial forests along the rivers. The great proportion of the Colonists strategy in the Brachythecio-Dicranoweisietum , which is typical of true colonizing and pioneering species of successional series, can be seen as an indicator for disturbing effects caused by fire, that often occur within these xeric Pinus woodlands.

New national and regional bryophyte records, 19

(2008). New national and regional bryophyte records, 19. Journal of Bryology: Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 231-237.

New and Noteworthy Records to the Bryophyte Flora of Turkey and Southwest Asia

Abstract Anthoceros caucasicus, Conardia compacta, Didymodon icmadophilus, Pohlia obtusifolia and Zygodon gracilis are reported for the first time from Turkey, and two of them from Southwest Asia (C. compacta, P. obtusifolia). Additionally, Diphyscium foliosum and Oligotrichum hercynicum are re-discovered in the eastern Black Sea area after long time from their first collections.

Photosyntheseweg und Zonierung von Halophyten an Salzseen in der Türkei, in Jordanien und im Iran1)

Summary A comparison was made of vegetation around four salt lakes in the Near and Middle East in order to find out whether a correlation exists between the zonation of halophytes and their pathways of photosynthesis. The dominant vegetation species in the vicinity of Tuz Golu (Turkey), Lake Maharlu (Iran), the Dead Sea (Jordan) and Azraq (Jordan) were recorded using quantitative methods of vegetation analysis, and their pathways of photosynthesis were determined. The criteria used for distinguishing between C3 and C4 plants were anatomy and δ13 values of the photo-synthetically active organs. Of the 40 species studied, 25 were C3 plants and 15 were C4 plants. Comparison of photosynthetic type and distribution shows a definite correlation in all four examples between soil salinity, soil moisture and photosynthetic pathway. C4 plants are dominant mainly among xerohalophytes respectively in regions which are transitional biotopes with respect to edaphic factors, whereas hygrohalophytic formations are characterized by C3 species. Salinity appears to be a factor of only secondary importance in this connection.

The genus Sphagnum L. in Turkey – with S. contortum, S. fallax, S. magellanicum and S. rubellum, new to Turkey and Southwest Asia

Four species, S. contortum, S. fallax, S. magellanicum and S. rubellum are recorded for the first time from Southwest Asia respectively Turkey, increasing the total known number of species to 22 (resp. 21 from Turkey). Five species (S. capillifolium, S. girgensohnii, S. inundatum, S. teres, S. warnstorfii) are re-collected after more than 100 resp. 40 years. In addition, first hints to the occurence of Oxycocco-Sphagnetea communities (e.g., Sphagnetalia magellanici) in Turkey are given.