Jiří Váňa

World checklist of hornworts and liverworts

Abstract A working checklist of accepted taxa worldwide is vital in achieving the goal of developing an online flora of all known plants by 2020 as part of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. We here present the first-ever worldwide checklist for liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) that includes 7486 species in 398 genera representing 92 families from the two phyla. The checklist has far reaching implications and applications, including providing a valuable tool for taxonomists and systematists, analyzing phytogeographic and diversity patterns, aiding in the assessment of floristic and taxonomic knowledge, and identifying geographical gaps in our understanding of the global liverwort and hornwort flora. The checklist is derived from a working data set centralizing nomenclature, taxonomy and geography on a global scale. Prior to this effort a lack of centralization has been a major impediment for the study and analysis of species richness, conservation and systematic research at both regional and global scales. The success of this checklist, initiated in 2008, has been underpinned by its community approach involving taxonomic specialists working towards a consensus on taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution.

A phylogeny of Adelanthaceae (Jungermanniales, Marchantiophyta) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers, with comments on classification, cryptic speciation and biogeography

Adelanthaceae (including Jamesoniellaceae) represent a major lineage of jungermannialean liverworts that is characterized by ventral-intercalary, often flagelliform branches, succubous leaves, ovoid to cylindrical, plicate perianths with a contracted mouth, often connate bracts and bracteoles, and 4-7 stratose capsule walls. Here we present the first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Adelanthaceae using five markers (rbcL, psbA, trnL-trnF region, atpB-rbcL spacer, nrITS1-5.8S-ITS2) and 108 accessions from throughout the geographic range of the family. The molecular data support the separation of subfamilies Adelanthoideae and Jamesonielloideae. The Adelanthoideae include the genera Adelanthus, Pseudomarsupidium and Wettsteinia. The Jamesonielloideae include representatives of the genera Anomacaulis, Cryptochila, Cuspidatula, Jamesoniella, and Syzygiella in five main clades. The monophyly of taxa in current morphological classification schemes of Jamesonielloideae is not supported by the molecular data. Based on the outcome of the molecular phylogenetic analyses we propose to include Anomacaulis and Jamesoniella kirkii in Cuspidatula, and to place Cryptochila, Roivainenia, and Jamesoniella in the synonymy of Syzygiella. Molecular data support intercontinental ranges for several species and a range formation of Adelanthaceae by frequent short-distance dispersal, rare long-distance dispersal, extinction, and diversification. Disjunct distribution patterns within the Adelanthaceae cannot be explained by Gondwanan vicariance.

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Fil: Suarez, Guillermo Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Tucuman; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman; Argentina

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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 Notes New national and regional bryophyte records, 30 L T Ellis, H Bednarek-Ochyra, B Cykowska, R Ochyra, C Garcia, C Sergio, M Lebouvier, P Manolaki, E Giannouris, C Kadis, I Markova, B Papp, E. Szurdoki, D F Peralta, V Plasek, R Ristow, M Sabovljevic, M Sim-Sim, V R Smith, E Tsakiri, J Vaňa, V M Virchenko, O O Barsukov Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Jardim Botânico and Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Rua, Lisboa, Portugal, CNRS UMR 6553, Universite de Rennes 1, France, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece, Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration, Pražska 52, CZ-407 46 Krasna Lipa, Czech Republic, Botany Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, Instituto de Botânica, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Parque da Ciencia Newton Freire Maia, Pinhais, Parana, Brazil, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal/Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Botany, University of Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Botany, Charles University, Czech Republic, Department of Lichenology and Bryology, Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 34 L T Ellis, A K Asthana, R Gupta, V Nath, V Sahu, H Bednarek-Ochyra, R Ochyra, B Cykowska, S Calvo Aranda, E Fischer, R Gabriel, P Górski, N Gremmen, H Hespanhol, L E Kurbatova, R I Lewis Smith, D G Long, D Bell, F Mogro, C Sérgio, C A Garcia, S Stow, A Martins, V R Smith, J Váňa, A Vanderpoorten Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, National Botanical Research Institute, India, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Departamento Biodiversidad y Biologı́a Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain, Universität Koblenzlandau, Koblenz, Germany, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias Universidade dos Açores, Portugal, Department of Botany, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland, Diever, The Netherlands, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, UK, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK, La Paz, Bolivia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Botany, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Department of Botany, Charles University, Czech Republic, University of Liège, Institute of Botany, Belgium

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New national and regional bryophyte records, 39 L. T. Ellis, O. M. Afonina, A. K. Asthana, R. Gupta, V. Sahu, V. Nath, N. Batan, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, A. Benitez, P. Erzberger, V. E. Fedosov, P. Gorski, S. R. Gradstein, N. Gremmen, T. Hallingback, M. Hagstrom, H. Kockinger, M. Lebouvier, L. Meinunger, C. Nemeth, M. Nobis, A. Nowak, T. Ozdemir, J. Pantovic, A. Sabovljevic, M. S. Sabovljevic, P. Pawlikowski, V. Plasek, L. Cihal, J. Sawicki, C. Sergio, P. Ministro, C. A. Garcia, V. R. Smith, S. Ştefănuţ, S. Stow, G. M. Suarez, J. R. Flores, L. Thouvenot, J. Vaňa, J. van Rooy, R. H. Zander Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Bryology Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, Macka Vocational School, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Loja, Ecuador, Berlin, Germany, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, Department of Botany, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Department Systematique et Evolution, Paris, France, Hesselstraat 11, 7981 CD Diever, The Netherlands, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Species Information Centre, Uppsala, Sweden, Roseggergasse 12, Weisskirchen, Austria, CNRS UMR 6553, Universite de Rennes 1, France, Ludwigsstadt, Germany, Corvinus University Budapest, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Hungary, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, University of Opole, Poland, Department of Biology, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Institute of Botany, University of Warsaw, Poland, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia/Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Botany, University of Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, Institute of Biology of Bucharest Romanian Academy, Romania, Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology, School of Anthropology & Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K., Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, U.N.T., San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, 11 rue Saint Leon, Perpignan, France, 30 Department of Botany, Charles University, Czech Republic, National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA

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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,...

Exploring the impact of fossil constraints on the divergence time estimates of derived liverworts

In this study, we evaluate the impact of fossil assignments and different models of calibration on divergence time estimates carried out as Bayesian analyses. Estimated ages from preceding studies and liverwort inclusions from Baltic amber are used as constraints on a molecular phylogeny of Cephaloziineae (Jungermanniopsida) obtained from sequences of two chloroplast coding regions: rbcL and psbA. In total, the comparison of 12 different analyses demonstrates that an increased reliability of the chronograms is linked to the number of fossils assigned and to the accuracy of their assignments. Inclusion of fossil constraints leads to older ages of most crown groups, but has no influence on lineage through time plots suggesting a nearly constant accumulation of diversity since the origin of Cephaloziineae in the early to Middle Jurassic. Our results provide a note of caution regarding the interpretation of chronograms derived from DNA sequence variation of extant species based on a single calibration point and/or low accuracy of the assignment of fossils to nodes in the phylogeny.

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Notes on some African hepatic genera 1–5

The present study deals with five genera of hepatics in Africa, IsotachisMitt., Anastrophyllum (Spruce) Steph., TritomariaSchiffn. ex Loeske, Gymnocoleopsis (Schust.) Schust. and Lophozia (Dum.) Dum. All African populations of the genus IsotachisMitt. are considered to be one species, I. aubertii (Schwaegr.) Mitt. Four species of Anastrophyllum (Spruce) Steph. (s.l.), A. auritum (Lehm.) Steph., A. piligerum (Nees) Spruce, A. subcomplicatum (Lehm. et Lindenb.) Steph. and A. minutum (Schreb.) Schust., and two species of TritomariaSchiffn. et Loeske, T. camerunensisS. Arnell and T. exsecta (Schrad.) Schiffn. ex Loeske occur in Africa. Gymmocoleopsis multiflora (Steph.) Schust. represents a genus and species hitherto unreported for the African flora. Finally, five Lophozia (Dum.) Dum. species, L. argentina (Steph.) Schust., L. capensisS. Arnell, L. decolorans (Limpr.) Steph., L. hedbergiiS. Arnell and L. tristaniana (S. Arnell) Váňa, are reported from central and southern Africa; two of these (L. argentina (Steph.) Schust. and L. decolorans (Limpr.) Steph.) represent the first reports from Africa.