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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, 33 L T Ellis, H Bednarek-Ochyra, R Ochyra, B Cykowska, M V Dulin, T Ezer, R Kara, J R Flores, G M Suarez, C Garcia, A Martins, C Sergio, R Garilleti, M Kirmaci, E Agcagil, L E Kurbatova, M Lebouvier, B Papp, E Szurdoki, D A Philippov, V Plasek, T Pocs, M Sabovljevic, J Sawicki, M Sim-Sim, P Szucs, A Bidlo, J Vaňa, B Vigalondo, F Lara, I Draper, V M Virchenko, G J Wolski Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre UB RAS, Komi, Russia, Nigde University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Nigde, Turkey, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Institucion Miguel Lillo, Tucuman, Argentina, Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia, Lisboa, Portugal, Departamento de Botanica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Burjasot, Spain, Adnan Menderes Universitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakultesi, Biyoloji Bolumu, Kepez-Aydin, Turkey, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, CNRS UMR 6553, Universite de Rennes 1, France, Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 12 I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Water RAS, Nekouz, Russia, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Department of Botany, Eszterhazy Karoly College, Hungary, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Jardim Botânico, Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Forest Site Diagnosis and Classification, University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary, Department of Botany, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, Departamento de Biologia (Botanica), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, Department of Lichenology and Bryology, Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, Deptartment of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, University of Łodź, Poland

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1. Anomobryum julaceum (P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.) Schimp. Contributors: H. Bednarek-Ochyra and R. Ochyra Îles Crozet: ÎLE DE LA POSSESSION: beginning of southern tributary of the river leading to Cirque de la Chaloupe, north of Grotte du Geographe, 46u259S 51u509E, 260 m a.s.l., rock in stream, associated with Bryum argenteum var. muticum, B. dichotomum, Blindia magellanica and Bucklandiella didyma, 20 February 1979, Bell 2505B (AAS, KRAM). Anomobryum julaceum is essentially a pan-Holarctic disjunct oreophyte which often penetrates into the tropics where it is fairly frequent at high elevations in the mountains, including Central and South America (Ochi, 1980), Africa (Ochi, 1972) and Malesia (Koponen & Norris, 1984; Eddy, 1996). In the temperate and polar regions of the Southern Hemisphere the species is almost absent and so far it has been recorded only once from Subantarctic Marion Island in the Prince Edward Islands archipelago in the Kerguelen Province of the Subantarctic (Ochi, 1972; Ochyra, personal observations). Nonetheless, this record makes A. julaceum a bipolar species with numerous intermediate stations in tropical mountains. Here, its range is expanded to the Îles Crozet archipelago in the same phytogeographical province of the Subantarctic which is situated over 1000 km to the east from the Prince Edward Islands. The moss was found to grow on rock in a stream, apparently in a moist habitat as evidenced by rather many cyanobacteria, intermixed with Bryum argenteum Hedw. var. muticum Brid.

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26 L T Ellis, H Bednarek-Ochyra, R Ochyra, Silvia Calvo Aranda, Maria T Colotti, Maria M Schiavone, Michail V Dulin, P Erzberger, Tulay Ezer, Recep Kara, Rosalina Gabriel, Lars Hedenas, David T Holyoak, P Odor, B Papp, M Sabovljevic, R D Seppelt, V R Smith, Andre Sotiaux, E Szurdoki, Alain Vanderpoorten, J van Rooy, J Żarnowiec Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, UK, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland, 3 Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Institute of Biology Komi Science Centre UB RAS, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia, Belziger Str. 37, D-10823 Berlin, Germany, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, Nigde University, Turkey, Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidade dos Acores, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal, Department of Cryptogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden, Quinta da Cachopa, Barcoila, Cabecudo, Portugal, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, Lorand Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary, Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, Department of Botany, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Domein van Bouchout, Meise, Belgium, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, University of Liege, Institute of Botany, Belgium, National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Institute of Environmental Protection and Engineering, University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland

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Dicranum spurium has been recorded for the first time in Croatia. In neighbouring countries it is known from Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro (Cortini Pedrotti, 1992 ; Sabovljevic´ et al., 2008 ; Papp et al., 2010). In Hungary, it is treated as VU (vulnerable) (Papp et al., 2010), in Montenegro as DD (data-deficient) (Sabovljevic´ et al., 2004), and further in the Balkans as EN (endangered) in Romania (Stefanut¸ & Goia, 2012). Dicranum spurium was found on Papuk Mountain (northeastern Croatia). Ninety-five per cent of Papuk Mountain is covered by forest vegetation, the yearly mean temperature is between 8 and 11C, and annual precipitation varies between 800 and 1300 mm. Almost the whole of the mountain is protected as a Nature Park. The locality in Svinjarevac where D. spurium occurred is beech forest (Fagus sylvatica L.), unique in Croatia, with a dense cover of Sphagnum quinquefarium (Braithw.) Warnst. on the forest floor. The bedrock is quartzite and gneiss, sloping between 35 and 45, and exposed to the northwest. This Fagus-Sphagnum quinquefarium forest was spread over 2.4 ha., with a poorly developed layer of herbaceous plants. Sphagnum platyphyllum was recorded during an extensive survey of spruce forests throughout Croatia. It was found in Stirovaca, a plateau in the central part of Velebit Mountain. The locality for this first record of S. platyphyllum for Croatia is just near the border of the Northern Velebit National Park (The whole Velebit Mountain is protected as a Nature Park). According to Dull et al. (1999), Sabovljevic (2006), and Sabovljevic et al. (2008), the species has not been recorded from Croatia, although it is known to occur in neighbouring countries: Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia (Cortini Pedrotti, 1992 ; Sabovljevic et al., 2008 ; Papp et al., 2010). In many of these countries, it is red listed: as VU (vulnerable) in Hungary, Slovenia, and Serbia (Martincicc, 1992 ; Sabovljevic et al., 2004 ; Papp et al., 2010) and further in the Balkans as NT (near threatened) in Romania (Stefanut & Goia, 2012). This part of Velebit Mountain is characterized by cool and long winters, with 1900 mm average annual precipitation and an average annual temperature of 3.5C. The natural vegetation consists of beech-fir and spruce forests and some of the forest stands are still primeval. Sphagnum platyphyllum occurred in a wet spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) forest, where it grew in dense carpets covering the forest floor and the banks of shallow depressions (ca 100 m2) filled with water. The collection site in Stirovaca is the only known locality for this unique spruce forest community with peat mosses in Croatia. Sphagnum teres was found at two localities in Croatia, in or near the National Park Plitvicka jezera lakes, but in different habitats within the belt of beech-fir forests. The climate is moderately temperate, with 1500 mm annual precipitation and an average temperature of 7.9C. This is the first record of this species for Croatia, although in the neighbouring countries, it is known from Italy, Slovenia, Hungary and Serbia, and further to the south-east, in FYR Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece (Papp et al., 2010 ; Sabovljevic et al., 2008). S. teres has been recently recorded as new for Albania (Marka & Sabovljevic, 2011), Bosnia- Herzegovina (Sabovljevic´ et al., 2010) and Montenegro (Martincic, 2006), and is red listed as CR (critically endangered) in Hungary (Papp et al., 2010), and as VU (vulnerable) in Serbia (Sabovljevic et al., 2004). The first locality, Ljeskovacˇke bare, is within the National Park Plitvicka jezera lakes. Here, the species occurred in transitional peat bog belonging to the community Drosero-Caricetum echinatae and occupying an area of ca 1 ha., S. teres was the dominant Sphagnum species. Sphagnum squarrosum Crome, S. palustre L., S. centrale C.E.O.Jensen and S. flexuosum Dozy & Molk. were also relatively abundant. The bog is wet throughout the year, but mostly without open water. Depending on the amount of precipitation, it can be flooded during winter and spring. The bog is not shaded ; it is completely exposed to the sun, but partially overgrown by Molinia coerulea Moench, which is mowed in the management of the Park. Some other species characteristic for this site were Drosera rotundifolia L., Carex echinata Murray, C. lasiocarpa Ehrh., and Menyanthes trifoliata L. The second locality, Vrhovinsko polje, is situated near the eastern border of Plitvicˇka jezera lakes National Park. It is a typical karst field, with the lowest, central part periodically flooded during winter and early spring. It is covered with grassland vegetation of different communities reflecting gradients of water and soil pH. The flora was very rich. In the lowest part of the field were several shallow depressions with a perimeter of 10–20 m overgrown by sedges, mostly Carex vesicaria L. On the edges of these depressions were scattered peat moss hummocks of Sphagnum palustre L., S. capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw., and S. subnitens Russow & Warnst. Among them, S. teres (Schimp.) Angstr. also occured, but in much lower abundance.

Pyramidula Tetragona (Funariaceae) New to Turkey

Abstract Pyramidula tetragona (Brid.) Brid. is reported for the first time from Turkey. The species is described from material collected on wet soil in an archaeological site (Tilmen Höyük) in southeastern Anatolia.

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L. T. Ellis, O. M. Afonina, R. L. Andriamiarisoa, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, B. Cykowska-Marzencka, M. Stryjak-Bogacka, N. E. Bell, M. Boiko, D. A. Callaghan, P. Campisi, M. G. Dia, M. L. Marino, F. Provenzano, J. Eckstein, J. Enroth, P. Erzberger, T. Ezer, M. L. Gargano, E. Ginzburg, P. Górski, S. R. Gradstein, C. Reeb, C. Hannoire, M. Infante, I. Jukonienė, E. V. Kushnevskaya, M. Lebouvier, J. Nagy, A. Opmanis, V. Plášek, Z. Skoupá, M. S. Sabovljević, A. D. Sabovljević, J. R. Shevock, D. K. Singh, S. Majumdar, M. Skudnik, A. Uselienė, G. Venturella, M. Węgrzyn, P. Wietrzyk, Y.-J. Yoon, J. H. Kim, E. Yücel

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Circumpolar boreal-montane moss Buxbaumia aphylla is a new species for Croatia. We have found 58 capsules and 12 setae at the three sites: the smallest population (10 specimens) was located at Sokolina ; at the two other sites B. aphylla was more abundant (Svinjarevac: 29 specimens, Konjska smrt: 31 specimens). Ricciocarpos natans is reported from several localities. It was discovered during extensive surveys of the macrophytic vegetation throughout Croatia. Based on our recent findings, the species occurs in northern and eastern Croatia, mostly in backwaters, or areas subject to inundation, of the large rivers Danube, Drava and Mura. According to our observations, the species in Croatia occupies relatively small and rather shallow eutrophic stagnant waters.

Three new moss records from Turkey, South-West Asia and Mediterranean

Abstract In this study, Syntrichia handelii var. ferganensis (Laz.) Ochyra, Orthotrichum pellucidum Lindb., and Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana (Funck) Loeske are recorded for the first time in Turkey. The specimens were collected in Niğde province, inner Anatolia, Turkey. Among them, S. handelii var. ferganensis is known only from Uzbekistan, where the type specimen of the taxon is stored. With this study, a new record out of the type specimen is given. S. handelii var. ferganensis and O. pellucidum are also new records for the Mediterranean and South-West Asia. The descriptions, illustrations, ecologies, distributions, and diagnostic characters of these species are presented.

The Bryophyte Flora of Northern Amanos (Nur) Mountain (Hatay-Turkey)

Abstract. The Bryophyte flora of Northern Amanos (Nur) Mountain, has one of the most important forest in Turkey, have been studied. At the result of identifications of 3077 specimen, collected from the region, 212 moss species belonging to 24 families and 85 genera, one hornwort species and 43 species of liverworts belonging to 22 families and 31 genera have been found. Among them, 48 taxa of mosses and 19 taxa of liverworts are new records for C13 grid-square according to Turkey grid system which was adopted by Henderson.

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Systematische und Evolutionäre Botanik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA, Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea, Institute of General and Experimental Biology SD RAS, Ulan-Ude, Russia, Department of Botany, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland, Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon,