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Zander R.H. 2019. Infraspecific molecular trees are associated with serial macroevolution in Pottiaceae (Bryophyta). Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 76(5): 390-405. Abstract. The analytic orientation of this paper is intended as a replacement for the antiquated but still prevalent phylogenetic inferential models and techniques of the late 20 th сentury that are focused entirely on shared descent. Serial descent, that is, progenitor to descendant, may occur at the species or infraspecies level. In molecular systematics, species level paraphyly occurs when two examples of the same species are separated on a cladogram by a second species. This implies linear macroevolution of the second species from the first. Molecular cladograms often show cladistic structure (branching) among examples of the same species. If well-supported, such indicates a potential for evolution. A range of infraspecific and intraspecific cladistic structure in species of Pottiaceae (Bryophyta) was demonstrated in previously published molecular cladograms and data sets of other authors. This includes well-supported cladistic structure of molecular strains, and well-supported paraphyly involving other species. Large numbers of base pair changes among strains are considered here evidence of evolvability and increasing age of a species. Infraspecific strains are apparently lost in older species through speciation and extinction. Cluster analysis using DNA metadata of Oxystegus species matched published molecular cladograms to a large extent. The fact that apparent molecular strains are present in both non-paraphyletic and paraphyletic species, about half the species studied, shore up the theory that internal racial differentiation at the molecular level leads to or signals serial descent of multiple extant morphotaxa. It is because much infraspecific molecular cladistic structure exists that newly speciated taxa are already strongly cladistically dichotomized. Thus, the ultimate source of molecular paraphyly is internal to each species, and does not imply polyphyly by convergent species or cryptic taxa. Molecular systematics cannot effectively model progenitor-descendant radiation. Species with many strains are potential sources of future biological diversity. Recognition of differential evolvability may allow facilitation of complex, interactive, diverse ecosystems successfully tracking climate change.

It remains hotly debated whether latitudinal diversity gradients are common across taxonomic groups and whether a single mechanism can explain such gradients. Investigating species richness (SR) patterns of European land plants, we determine whether SR increases with decreasing latitude, as predicted by theory, and whether the assembly mechanisms differ among taxonomic groups. SR increases towards the south in spermatophytes, but towards the north in ferns and bryophytes. SR patterns in spermatophytes are consistent with their patterns of beta diversity, with high levels of nestedness and turnover in the north and in the south, respectively, indicating species exclusion towards the north and increased opportunities for speciation in the south. Liverworts exhibit the highest levels of nestedness, suggesting that they represent the most sensitive group to the impact of past climate change. Nevertheless, although the extent of liverwort species turnover in the south is substantially and significantly lower than in spermatophytes, liverworts share with the latter a higher nestedness in the north and a higher turnover in the south, in contrast to mosses and ferns. The extent to which the similarity in the patterns displayed by spermatophytes and liverworts reflects a similar assembly mechanism remains, however, to be demonstrated. The existence of a latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) peaking near the equator and decreasing towards the poles has been a persistent feature during the history of life on earth 1 (but see ref. 2). This gradient has been quoted as one of the few laws in ecology 3 , and it demonstrates remarkable consistency across geographic areas, scales, habitats , and taxonomic groups 4–7. Mounting evidence suggests that this convergence of distribution patterns across taxonomic groups is due to environmental forcing 8. On the one hand, macroclimate (primarily energy and water) is postulated to control species richness through the ecological sorting of regional and global species pools according to species climatic tolerances or by affecting rates of speciation 9. In particular, dry or cold environments are specifically challenging for plants because adaptations must evolve to enable the tolerance or avoidance of extremely low water potentials 10. In lineages that have successfully adapted to high-latitude environments, increased seasonal variability at higher latitudes is assumed to have resulted in broader thermal tolerances and consequently larger ranges: i.e., Rapoport's rule 11 .

Bryological Notes New national and regional bryophyte records, 26 L T Ellis1, H Bednarek-Ochyra2, R Ochyra2, Silvia Calvo Aranda3, Maria T Colotti4, Maria M Schiavone4, Michail V Dulin5, P Erzberger6, Tülay Ezer7, Recep Kara7, Rosalina Gabriel8, Lars Hedenäs9, David T Holyoak10, P Ódor11, B Papp12, M Sabovljević13, R D Seppelt14, V R Smith15, André Sotiaux16, E Szurdoki17, Alain Vanderpoorten18, J van Rooy19, J Żarnowiec20 Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, UK, 2Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland, 3 Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologı́a Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain, 4Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, 5 Institute of Biology Komi Science Centre UB RAS, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia, 6Belziger Str. 37, D-10823 Berlin, Germany, 7Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, Niğde University, Turkey, 8Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal, 9Department of Cryptogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden, 10Quinta da Cachopa, Barcoila, Cabeçudo, Portugal, 11 Department of Plant Taxonomy and Ecology, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 12Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 13Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 14Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, 15Department of Botany, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa, 16National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Domein van Bouchout, Meise, Belgium, 17Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 18University of Liège, Institute of Botany, Belgium, 19National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, 20Department of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Institute of Environmental Protection and Engineering, University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society 1 Intending contributors to this column should consult the Instructions for Authors in this volume, and should address their contributions to the column editor. 1. Aneura mirabilis (Malmb.) Wickett & Goffinet (Cryptothallus mirabilis Malmb.) Contributor: Michail V. Dulin Russian Federation: Nenets Autonomous Area, the right bank of Bol’shaja Rogovaja River between outlets of the Mikitju and Plnik U rivers, 67u01909.90N, 61u38910.50E, ca 50 m a.s.l., in the ecotone between the coastal herb-moss birch-spruce forest (Betula pubescens Ehrh., Picea obovata Ledeb.) and the complex flat hilly bog, the swampy CalamagrostisEriophorum-Sphagnum spruce light forest with Betula nana L., Betula pubescens. and Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar, near young birch and small stumps, among decomposing Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson, in Sphagnum hummocks and under patches of other liverworts such as Cephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort., Schljakovia kunzeana (Huebener) Konstant. Correspondence to: L T Ellis (column editor), Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. Email: l.ellis@nhm.ac.uk & Vilnet, Scapania paludicola Loeske & Müll.Frib., 7 August 2010, leg. M.V. Dulin 875mvd (SYKO). This is the first report of Aneura mirabilis from the Nenets Autonomous Area. It is a globally rare northern oceanic, non-chlorophyllose, subterranean myco-heterotrophic liverwort included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (Bardunov & Novikov, 2008). The species is known in Europe from Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Denfmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. It is also known from W Greenland (Damsholt, 2002; Schumaker & Váňa, 2005). Previous records from Russia include the Murmansk Region (Konstantinova, 2003), the Leningrad Region (Potemkin, 1992; Potemkin & Andrejeva, 1999) and the Karelia Republic (Bakalin, 1999). 2. Bryum dichotomum Hedw. Contributor: J. van Rooy Lesotho: North of Butha Buthe, opposite site of large construction of Highlands Water Scheme, 28u379300S, 28u229300E, vertical seep at roadside, on basalt, mixed with Bryum argenteum Hedw., 26 April 1997, leg. S. M. Perold & M. Koekemoer 3743 (PRE). It is hardly surprising to find Bryum dichotomum in Lesotho as it is known from adjacent countries (van Rooy, 2003, 2006). In Africa this sub-cosmopolitan ß British Bryological Society 2011 66 DOI 10.1179/1743282010Y.0000000014 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes species has previously been reported from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Chad, and Socotra (O’Shea, 2006). In southern Africa this species was previously known as Bryum bicolor Dicks. and is usually found on soil of disturbed habitats (Magill, 1987). 3. Bucklandiella elegans (Müll.Hal.) BednarekOchyra & Ochyra Contributors: H. Bednarek-Ochyra and R. Ochyra South America, Chile: XI Región, Prov. Aisén, Pto. Puyuhuapi between Chaitén and Coyhaique, lat. 44u199S, long. 72u349W, Muggelbach, 15 October 1939, leg. Schwabe 8d (JE-Herzog). Although Bucklandiella elegans was described as a species in its own right from the South Island of New Zealand (Müller, 1898), it fell into obsolescence when Dixon (1926) lumped it with Racomitrium crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Hook.f. & Wilson. The latter has served as a convenient repository for most collections of racomitrioid mosses from the Southern Hemisphere (Clifford, 1955). B. elegans was recently resurrected by Bednarek-Ochyra and Ochyra (2010) who showed a number of features which warrant its status as a separate species. Bucklandiella elegans is widespread throughout both main islands of New Zealand, and here is reported for the first time from Chile in South America. The voucher material was originally named and published by Herzog (1954) as Racomitrium symphyodontum (Müll.Hal.) Wilson, but this species is actually conspecific with Bucklandiella didyma (Mont.) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra. Bucklandiella elegans is easily distinguished from B. didyma, amongst other things, by its entirely unistratose laminal cells. The Chilean plants show a perfect correspondence in both gametophyte and sporophyte characters with material from New Zealand, except for possessing slightly longer setae (to 1.5 mm versus 1.2 mm). However, seta length is subject to considerable variation in the genus Bucklandiella. The discovery of B. elegans in Chile established it as an amphipacific disjunct species (Ochyra, 1998). However, this dramatic geographical disjunction is not exceptional in mosses and the same distribution pattern is exhibited by a number of species, for example Racomitrium pruinosum (Wilson) Müll.Hal. (Vitt & Marsh, 1988), Bucklandiella ptychophylla (Mitt.) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Bartram, 1952) and B. angustissima Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra, 2011). 4. Bucklandiella sudetica (Funck) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra Contributors: H. Bednarek-Ochyra and R. Ochyra New Zealand: North Island, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, Red Crater lava flow, associated with clumps of vegetation on lava, ca 1710 m a.s.l. (55600 ft), 26 March 1967, leg. K. W. Allison 9125 (CHR 577597); South Island, Canterbury Region, Ben Ohau Range, Twin Stream headwaters, alt. ca 1400 m (54600 ft), late snow bed, January 1968, leg. A. C. Archer s.n. (CHR 163250). Bucklandiella sudetica is a bipolar species in the strict sense, i.e. without intermediate stations in the mountains of the tropics. In the Northern Hemisphere it has a dissected boreal-montane range, weakly penetrating into the Arctic and common in the mountains in the southern regions of the Holarctic. In the Southern Hemisphere it is an uncommon species in the Nothofagus zone of southern South America, ranging from the Valdivian region to Tierra del Fuego, then recurring on subantarctic South Georgia and extending to the Western Antarctic where it reaches almost lat. 70uS (Ochyra et al. 2008). Eastward, it has so far been known from southeastern Australia (Frisvoll, 1986), and now its range is extended to New Zealand. It is occasional on the North Island and widely scattered at high elevations in the South Island, including Canterbury, Otago and regions on the western coast. 5. Calymperes tenerum Müll.Hal. Contributor: J. van Rooy Mozambique: 3 km from Xai-Xai Beach to Chongoene, 25u069S, 33u469E, on bark of trees, 1 September 1993, leg. E. B. Evenwel PRE CH13841, PRE CH13842 (PRE). This pantropical species is common and abundant in the Indo-Malaysian region and Oceania but rare in the Americas and Africa (Reese, 1987). It is quite widespread on the islands of the western Indian Ocean (O’Shea, 2006). In South Africa and Mozambique Calymperes tenerum is rarely collected on bark of trees in coastal dune forests and woodlands between Sodwana Bay and Xai-Xai. 6. Cynodontium jenneri (Schimp.) Stirt. Contributors: André Sotiaux and Alain Vanderpoorten Belgium: Province de Liège, Vierset-Barse, Grand Bois de Barse, vallon sous les Grandes Trihes, UTM 31U FR6196. A single cushion on strongly acidic pudding-stone (conglomerate) under beechwood at 190 m a.s.l. with Gymnocolea inflata, Ptilidium pulcherrimum, Scapania nemorea, Isothecium myosuroides, Paraleucobryum longifolium, Grimmia trichophylla, Cephaloziella divaricata, Jamesoniella autumnalis, Dicranum fulvum, D. scoparium, Leucobryum glaucum, and Mnium hornum (nomenclature of Hill et al., 2006 for mosses and Grolle & Long, 2000 for liverworts), November 2008, leg. A. Vanderpoorten 2008-10-13/9 (LG); leg. Sotiaux 37009 (Herb. Sotiaux). Cynodontium jenneri is a Northern Hemisphere montane species disjunct between western, and eastern North America and northwestern Europe. In Europe it occurs in Germany (Meinunger & Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 67 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Schröder, 2007), the UK (Atherton et al., 2010), and Scandinavia (Hallingbäck et al., 2006). Together with the three localities in western Germany (Schmidt & Heinrichs, 1999), the Belgian locality represents the southernmost extension of an otherwise North Atlantic range. 7. Ditrichum plumbicola Crundw. Contributors: André Sotiaux and Alain Vanderpoorten Belgium; Province de Liège, Plombières, UTM: 31U GS0924, on wet metal-contaminated soil at 150 m a.s.l. with Cephaloziella divaricata, Jungermannia gracillima, and Pohlia nutans (nomenclature of Hill et al., 2006 for mosses and Grolle & Long, 2000 for liverworts), March 2006, leg. Sotiaux 33744, 36872, 36874, 36876, 36877 (Herb. Sotiaux). Ditrichum plumbicola is considered as a naturally rare, but not threatened species within its range (see http:// www.bio.ntnu.no/ECCB/Red/Bryophyta/Ditrichum% 20plumbicola.pdf), which includes about 20 localities in the UK (Atherton et al., 2010) and nine in Germany (Meinunger & Schröder, 2007). The species was found to be embedded within a paraphyletic grade of D. lineare based on DNA analyses of a single cpDNA locus and was therefore reduced to synonymy with the latter (Frahm et al., 2008). We suggest that evidence for paraphyly does not necessarily provide strong evidence for combining the paraphyletic and nested species, because some speciation mechanisms lead to such patterns among recently evolved sister species. We argue that there are events of major biological importance that occur when a new divergent taxon is ‘budded off’ from within an ancestral widespread species; however, the point at which both species become reciprocally monophyletic can simply reflect the stochastic process of gene coalescence and is of no real biological significance in and of itself (Vanderpoorten & Shaw, 2010). 8. Hookeria lucens (Hedw.) Sm. Contributors: Péter Ódor and Erzsébet Szurdoki Hungary: Őrség Region, County of Vas, in Hegyes hill at Felsőszölnök village, 46u51943.70N, 16u1099.00E, 310 m a.s.l. on the non-calcareous soil of a stream bank, 13 June 2010, leg. Péter Ódor & Erzsébet Szurdoki s.n., conf. Beáta Papp, June 2010, BP 180261 (Priv. Herb. Ódor 20100613-1). Hookeria lucens represents a suboceanic-temperate element occurring in Europe, western North America, Southwest Asia, Caucasus, North Turkey, and North Africa (Krisai & Strobl, 2005). In Europe it has a sub-Atlantic-montane distribution (Düll, 1992) with its most northerly occurrence in the Faeroes. It occurs in southern Scandinavia, and is common in the Atlantic region of Europe. Eastward its distribution reaches Romania and disjunctively to Georgia, and to the south it is known from Madeira, 68 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 the Azores, Portugal, and Spain. The closest occurrences to its newly discovered locality in Hungary are in the Austrian Alps (Krisai & Strobl, 2005). Hookeria lucens is common in South Bavaria in Germany, Salzburg and Oberösterreich regions in Austria, but becomes rare in the eastern parts of these countries. It is also a rare element in the Dinaric Alps in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia (Sabovljević et al., 2008), and has sporadic occurrences in Sudetes Mountains, the Carpathians in Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Romania (Ochyra et al., 1985; Dihoru, 1994; Šoltes, 2000; Kučera & Váňa, 2003). This new occurrence in Hungary (Erzberger & Papp, 2004) fits well with the known distribution of the species, and its habitat conforms with the known ecological preferences of the species. 9. Leptodontium planifolium Herzog Contributors: Marı́a T. Colotti and Marı́a M. Schiavone. Argentina: Salta. Dpto. Santa Victoria, Municipio de Los Toldos, senda de San José, 22u21926.840S, 64u44913.370W, 1780 m a.s.l., en suelo, 5 julio 1998, leg. M.M. Schiavone 2493 (LIL). Leptodontium planifolium differs from other species of the genus by its incurved, flexuous upper leaves and the presence of numerous propagula between the leaves on the stem. Another distinctive feature is the strongly coloured, thick walled cells at the base of the leaves. These are present in the type specimen of L. planifolium (Bolivia, Herzog 3225 (S)), although not mentioned in the protologue (Herzog, 1916). This species was first recorded in Bolivia (its type locality) and Colombia, at 3000 m a.s.l. (Zander, 1972; Churchill & Linares, 1995; Churchill et al., 2009). In Argentina, it was first recorded in Salta, in the northwest of the country, where it was collected in montane ‘secondary’ forest in the Yungas, at 1700 m a.s.l. In general, secondary forests are monospecific. However, this new record was discovered along a logging road, through forest dominated by Blepharocalyx gigantea Lillo, Podocarpus parlatorei Pilg. and Cedrela lilloi C.D.C., among other species. It was associated with Leptodontium viticulosoides var. viticulosoides (P. Beauv.) Wijk & Margad. (common in montane forests). This area of forest is considered historically very stable owing to its high number of endemic vascular plant species not found in other forested mountain areas (Kappelle et al., 2001). 10. Microbryum floerkeanum (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Schimp. Contributors: B. Papp, P. Erzberger and M. Sabovljević Serbia: Vojvodina, at Trešnjevac village near Senta town, saline grassland 45u59918.900N, 20u0932.200E, 85 m, 6 April 2010. leg. et det. B. Papp, P. Erzberger. Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes 180424 (BP), Erzberger 13764 (B); Velebit village near Senta town, saline grassland, 46u0938.780N, 19u5799.340E, 90 m, 6 April 2010, leg. et det. B. Papp, P. Erzberger 180425 (BP), Erzberger 13785, 13786 (B). These new localities for Microbryum floerkeanum are situated in the northern part of Serbia near the Hungarian border. The species is a characteristic member of the bryophyte assemblages living on the saline-alkaline grasslands of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve in Hungary, which are similar to the saline grasslands in northern Serbia. Both regions form part of a single continuum of lowlands in the Carpathian basin (Papp 2008; Papp & Rajczy, 1999; Papp & Erzberger, 2003). M. floerkeanum also grows on disturbed soil at the edge of arable fields or along paths. According to the Red Data Book of European Bryophytes (ECCB, 1995) it is included in the data deficient (K) category. Owing to its minute size and seasonal appearance, it is frequently overlooked. In southeastern Europe it was known only from Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania (Sabovljevic et al., 2008). 11. Philonotis tomentella Molendo Contributors: André Sotiaux and Alain Vanderpoorten Belgium: Province de Luxembourg, Libin, ancient quarries of kaolin, UTM 31U FR6437, 470 m a.s.l., on water-saturated kaolin with Pellia neesiana, Sphagnum auriculatum, Sphagnum girgensohnii, Cephalozia bicuspidata, Gymnocolea inflata, Riccardia incurvata, Cladopodiella francisci, and Lophozia grandiretis (nomenclature of Hill et al., 2006 for mosses and Grolle & Long, 2000 for liverworts), October 2009, leg. Sotiaux 38331 (Herb. Sotiaux). 12. Plagiothecium membranosulum Müll.Hal. Contributor: R. Ochyra Réunion: Forest above St. Denis, zone de tamarin, 1400–1800 m a.s.l., 11 October 1962, leg. Gillis Een R620 (S). So far, only one species of Plagiothecium Schimp. has been reported from Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, namely P. nitens Broth. (Een, 1997; see also Ah-Peng & Bardat, 2005; Frahm, 2010). Examination of two voucher specimens revealed one of them to be P. membranosulum, a species known from South Africa and Lesotho (O’Shea, 2006). This is a variable species that is readily distinguished from other African congeners by its leaf areolation, which consists of oblong-hexagonal to hexagonal-linear cells, 12–20 mm wide and 100–240 mm long, and by the absence of thin-walled nematogen cells in the leaf apex. According to unpublished data P. nitens Dixon, a species described from Kenya (Dixon, 1916), falls well within the range of variation of the South African P. membranosulum. 13. Plagiothecium nitidifolium (Mitt.) A.Jaeger Contributor: R. Ochyra Réunion: Above St. Paul, Forêt de Benard, 1700– 2100 m a.s.l., 13 October 1962, leg. Gillis Een R640 (S). Plagiothecium nitidifolium is a distinct African endemic species which is easily distinguished by the presence of the thin-walled nematogen cells in the leaf apex, narrowly linear laminal cells, 6–116100– 190 mm, and a fine, narrow leaf acumen which is composed of 3–7 cells (Buck, 1993). One of the specimens reported from Réunion Island by Een (1997) as P. nitens perfectly fits the concept of this species. Accordingly, the geographical range of P. nitidifolium is markedly extended to the islands east of Africa in the Indian Ocean. 14. Pottiopsis caespitosa (Bruch ex Brid.) Blockeel A.J.E. Sm. Contributors: André Sotiaux and Alain Vanderpoorten Belgium: Province de Namur, Vaucelles, Montagne de la Carrière, UTM 31UFR2453, 210 m a.s.l., on ground of an ancient limestone quarry with Microbryum curvicolle, Tortula lanceola, Didymodon acutus, Weissia brachycarpa, and Barbula convoluta (nomenclature of Hill et al., 2006 for mosses and Grolle & Long, 2000 for liverworts); February 2007, leg. Sotiaux 34963 (Herb. Sotiaux). Pottiopsis caespitosa is a typically sub-Mediterranean species, for which the Belgian locality represents a 200-km range extension from its nearest British and German localities (Atherton et al., 2010; Meinunger & Schröder, 2007). Fossombronia caespitiformis De Not. ex Rabenh. is another sub-Mediterranean species recently found in Belgium in similarly human-disturbed places (Sotiaux et al., 2009), one interpretation of the presence of these species in Belgium is that they are recent colonizers. 15. Pterygoneurum squamosum Segarra & Kürschner Contributors: Tülay Ezer and Recep Kara Turkey: Niğde-Kayaardi Valley: 37u5894500N, 34u3993200E, 1246 m a.s.l., on clayey soil, 2 April 2010, leg. R. Kara 1567, T. Ezer 1440 (Herb. Niğde University). The genus Pterygoneurum Jur. is widely distributed in arid and semiarid climatic regions of five continents (Cano et al., 1994). In Europe, Pterygoneurum squamosum was first recorded from the Jávea Alicante province of Spain (Segarra et al., 1998). According to recent literature (Kürschner & Erdağ, 2005; Uyar & Çetin, 2004; Tonguç Yayıntaş, 2009) only Pterygoneurum ovatum (Hedw.) Dixon and P. subsessile (Brid.) Jur. have been recorded for Turkey. Pterygoneurum squamosum has been widely reported on loess in Hungary (Pócs, 1999) and Romania (Pócs et al., 2002). This new record of P. squamosum from Turkey is an important extension of range southwards, towards the Middle East, and is based on collections from Central Anatolia (Niğde-Kayaardı Valley) made in April 2010 (Herb. Niğde University). Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 69 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society It was collected on arid soil in an apple grove, associated with Grimmia anodon Bruch & Schimp, Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) F.Weber & D. Mohr, Tortula muralis Hedw. and Schistidium apocarpum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. Pterygoneurum squamosum is easily distinguished from other species of Pteygoneurum by the two supracostal lamellae, which are not differentiated into photosynthetic filaments, but deeply transversely incised in 3–4 squamulose plates. It is further distinguished by its broadly ovate leaves with a very short hair-point (Segarra et al., 1998). Other Pterygoneurum species (e.g. Pterygoneurum crossidioides W. Frey, Herrnst. & Kurschrer, P. compactum Cano, J. Guerra & Ros) possess 2–3 supracostal lamellae with Crossidiumlike photosynthetic branched filaments (Cano et al., 1994; Frey et al., 1990). 16. Rhynchostegiella litorea (De Not.) Limpr. Contributors: Silvia Calvo Aranda, Rosalina Gabriel and Lars Hedenäs Portugal: Azores: Ilha Terceira (Terceira Island): Angra do Heroı́smo, Monte Brasil, near Caminho do Manutenção, 38u389430N, 27u139220W, ca 150 m a.s.l., on rocks, 19 October 2008, leg. Silvia Calvo Aranda s.n., (AZU); Posto Santo, 38u4190.540N, 27u149390W, ca 228 m a.s.l., on rocks, 17 November 2008, leg. Silvia Calvo Aranda s.n. (AZU). Rhynchostegiella litorea (De Not.) Limpr., a species belonging to the core clade of the genus Rhynchostegiella (Aigoin et al., 2009), occurs in Europe and North Africa (Smith, 2004; Hill et al., 2006). It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and also in Macaronesia, where it occurs frequently in the Madeiran archipelago (Kürschner et al., 2008; Sérgio et al., 2008) and the Canary Islands (González-Mancebo et al., 2008). Here it is reported for the first time from the Azores (Gabriel et al., 2010). The specimens were collected in exotic forest dominated by Pittosporum undulatum Vent., growing on basaltic rocks in relatively shaded conditions. They were found with ripe capsules in both localities. Rhynchostegiella litorea grew with other interesting species, such as Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp., Marchesinia mackaii (Hook.) Gray, Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr. and several species of Fissidens and members of the family Brachytheciaceae. 17. Seligeria acutifolia Lindb. Contributor: David T. Holyoak Portugal: Estremadura (Leiria district), Fórnea, ca 2.5 km south of Alcaria, on part-shaded, vertical, north-facing limestone crag by cave entrance on steep north-facing slope at edge of ephemeral stream, UTM grid reference: 29S ND1664/7868, ca 368 m a.s.l., 19 July 2010, leg. & det. D.T. Holyoak 10–134 (BM, Priv. Herb. D.T. Holyoak). 70 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 S. acutifolia has not hitherto been recorded from Portugal (Sérgio & Carvalho, 2003), although it is the commonest species of the genus in Spain where records are from higher elevations at 590–2000 m a.s.l. (Puche, 2006). Several small patches were seen at Fórnea, some with mature (dehisced) capsules. The specimens include numerous typical plants with perichaetial bracts much longer than the leaves, their tips reaching at least the base of the capsule. 18. Timmia bavarica Hessl. Contributors: André Sotiaux and Alain Vanderpoorten Belgium: Province de Liège, Anthisnes, UTM 31U FR7699, 170 m a.s.l., deep crevices on north-facing limestone crags, under a broadleaf woodland dominated by Acer pseudoplatanus L., with Pedinophyllum interruptum, Anomodon attenuatus, A. longifolius, A. viticulosus, Neckera complanata, Cololejeunea rossettiana, Metzgeria conjugata, Apometzgeria pubescens, Tortella tortuosa, Brachythecium tommasinii, Plasteurhynchium striatulum, Serpoleskea confervoides, Rhynchostegiella tenella, Brachythecium glareosum, Rhynchostegium murale, Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum, Encalypta streptocarpa, Porella platyphylla, Cirriphyllum crassinervium, Tortula subulata, Plagiomnium rostratum, Mnium stellare, Taxiphyllum wissgrillii, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, Plagiochila porelloides, Fissidens gracilifolius, Fissidens dubius, Thamnobryum alopecurum, and Homalothecium sericeum (nomenclature of Hill et al., 2006 for mosses and Grolle & Long, 2000 for liverworts), February 2009, leg. A. Vanderpoorten 2009/02/25–7 (LG), A. Sotiaux 37268 (Herb. Sotiaux). Timmia bavarica is an Arctic-montane species found on all of the major mountains in the Northern Hemisphere (Rocky Mountains, Himalaya, Alps, Pyrénées, Caucasus, Urals) with some disjunct populations in mountain areas of North Africa, Mexico, and Hawaii [Brassard, 1984; Bednarek-Ochyra et al., 1994; Bryophyte flora of North America (http://www.efloras. org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id550). The altitude of the Belgian locality is much lower than that of most other European localities, except for those of western and central Germany (Meinunger & Schröder, 2007). Although a recent introduction by long-distance dispersal cannot be completely ruled out, the ecological context where the species was found rather points to its being a relict population and supports the idea that Belgium and neighbouring areas may have offered an array of micro-refugia for cold-adapted species. 19. Valdonia microcarpa (Mitt.) Ochyra Contributors: R. Ochyra, H. Bednarek-Ochyra and V. R. Smith Heard Island: Gotley Glacier, edge of inner moraine, probably ice-cored, ca 200 m a.s.l., 6 November 2000, leg. P. Selkirk, M. Skotnicki & J. Whinam H655 (NSW 755176). Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes The monospecific genus Valdonia Ochyra, comprising V. microcarpa (Mitt.) Ochyra, is endemic to the Kerguelen Province of the Subantarctic (Ochyra, 2003). So far, it has been recorded from three main archipelagoes in this province, i.e. the Prince Edward Islands, Îles Crozet and Îles Kerguelen, where it is a frequent and locally common. It is abundant in the fellfield communities, often forming characteristic moss balls. Herein, V. microcarpa is recorded from the isolated and heavily glaciated Heard Island, which is the fourth largest speck of land in this subantarctic province. Originally, V. microcarpa was reported from this island as Ditrichum immersum Zanten (Selkirk et al., 2008). The plants are in fine fruiting condition and the characteristic small, turbinate and immersed capsules readily separate it from all other species in this region, including D. immersum. The latter is generally more robust and rigid than V. microcarpa and its capsules are immersed in much enlarged perichaetial leaves on a very short seta, 1–2 mm long (versus 2–4 mm in V. microcarpa). 20. Warnstorfia exannulata (Schimp.) Loeske Contributors: R. Ochyra, J. Żarnowiec and R. D. Seppelt Macquarie Island: Green Gorge, northern edge of lake, 54u379450S, 158u539450E; wet area amongst Juncus at edge of lake, 15 December 1984, leg. R. D. Seppelt 14854 (HO, KRAM). Warnstorfia exannulata is a bipolar species with some intermediate stations at high elevations in tropical mountains in East Africa and South America. In the Northern Hemisphere it has a continuous range throughout much of the Holarctic, reaching maximum possible latitudes in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Spitsbergen. In the Southern Hemisphere W. exannulata is common and locally abundant in Tierra del Fuego (Ochyra & Matteri, 2001) and western Patagonia, and occasional on the Falkland Islands and subantarctic South Georgia (Ochyra et al. 2002). Eastwards it occurs in southeastern Australia, Tasmania and on the South Island of New Zealand. Herein, it is reported for the first time from subantarctic Macquarie Island in the Australasian sector. The material was originally reported as Drepanocladus aduncus (Hedw.) Warnst.(Seppelt, 2004) but proved to represent W. exannulata. 21. Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske Contributors: R. Ochyra, J. Żarnowiec and R. D. Seppelt Macquarie Island: Skua Lake, north side, 54u379380S, 158u509450E; in boggy flat amongst Juncus, Luzula and bryophytes, 4 January 1982, leg. R. D. Seppelt 12345 (HO, KRAM); Tullock Lake, at edge of small pond at edge of lake, 54u349460S, 158u549000E, very wet situation, 22 March 1986, leg. R. D. Seppelt 15823 (HO, KRAM). Warnstorfia fluitans is a bipolar species which frequently occurs in the tropics at altimontane stations in the Americas, Africa and Papua New Guinea (Ochyra et al.1991). In the cool temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, the species is frequent in Tierra del Fuego (Ochyra & Matteri, 2001) and in southeastern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Now its range in Australasia is extended to the Subantarctic where it occurs on Macquarie Island. With an addition of the two species of Warnstorfia, the moss flora of this subantarctic island now consists of 88 species, with a further four taxa not yet definitely named to species (Ochyra et al. 2008). 22. Willia calobolax (Müll.Hal.) Lightowlers Contributors: R. Ochyra, H. Bednarek-Ochyra and V. R. Smith Heard Island: Cape Bidlingmaier, 1 November 2000, leg. P. Selkirk, M. Skotnicki & J. Whinam H258a (NSW 755344); Atlas Cove, site of old buildings, on timber of shower ramp support, constructed in 1949, 8 November 2000, leg. P. Selkirk, M. Skotnicki & J. Whinam H732b (NSW 704391). Willia calobolax is a subantarctic species which has its main centre of occurrence in the Kerguelen Province where it occurs in the Prince Edward Islands and Îles Kerguelen. It is also known from the Antipodes Island near New Zealand (Lightowlers, 1985). Thus, it is an amphi-Indian Ocean subantarctic species. Herein, W. calobolax is recorded from subantarctic Heard Island, another island in the Kerguelen Province. It was reported from this island as Syntrichia andersonii (Ångstr.) R.H.Zander (Selkirk et al., 2008), so apparently this species has to be deleted from the moss flora of Heard Island. Willia calobolax is generally considered to be saxicolous but one of the Heard Island specimens was collected on timber. It is a well known phenomenon that some species which are typically saxicolous may also be lignicolous when woody habitats are available. A number of subantarctic species are apparently considered to be strictly saxicolous only owing to the lack of suitable habitats, since subantarctic islands have no arborescent vegetation. Financial support of the Walloon Region, convention C81, is gratefully acknowledged by A. Sotiaux and A. Vanderpoorten. Their many thanks are owed to Renée Skrzypczak and Tom Blockeel for confirming the identity of Pottiopsis caespitosa and Cynodontium jenneri, respectively. The contribution of M. T. Colloti and M. M. Schiavone has of been financially supported by CIUNT (Secretarı́a de Ciencia y Técnica, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán). S. C. Aranda was supported by a PhD grant from Direcção Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia dos Açores (M311/I009A/2005). The research of M. V. 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The first bryophyte studies were carried out at the end of the nineteenth (Höhnel, 1893, 1894) and in the beginning of the twentieth century (Baumgartner, 1914, 1915; Szepesfalvy, 1926; Markgraf, 1927a, b, 1931). A few other investigations were made during the second half of the last century (Kárpáti & Vajda, 1961; Petrov, 1960, 1962; Meyer & Grolle, 1963, 1968; Bischler et al., 1980). Colacino & Sabovljević (2006) summarized all records in a preliminary checklist of Albanian bryophytes (three hornworts, 86 liverworts and 238 mosses). In the checklist of hornworts and liverworts for SE Europe, Sabovljević & Natcheva (2006) reported three and 88 taxa, respectively, and in the moss checklist for SE Europe, Sabovljević et al. (2008) reported 219 moss species. Furthermore, in a contribution from Karavasta lagoon (District of Lushnja, Albania) recently published by Colacino & Marka (2009), 21 new species were recorded for Albania, and one liverwort and six moss species were reported by Erzberger (2007) and Papp et al. (2009). In this paper, we report 19 species as new to Albania, three liverworts and 16 mosses. This brings the total number of Albanian liverworts and mosses to 92 and 262 taxa, respectively. The material was collected by the senior author during July and September 2009 in a 11615 km area of the Shishtaveci plateau at 1300– 1700 m a.s.l., mountainous area of Kukës (District of Kukës), north-eastern Albania (Kabo, 1991). The climate is mountainous. The mean annual air temperature is 7.1uC, for January it is 22.3uC, and for July 16uC. The mean annual precipitation is 858 mm, most of which falls as snow, with a mean maximal thickness of 100–150 cm (Kabo, 1991). The material was identified by both authors at the Belgrade University. Vouchers are deposited in Tirana University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology (J. Marka collections — JM below) and BEOU. Fifteen liverworts and 40 mosses were previously known from the Kukës district (Colacino & Correspondence to: Jani Marka, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Blvd. Zog I, Tirana, Albania. Email: jani.marka@unitir.edu.al 74 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 Sabovljević, 2006). These were originally reported by Szepesfalvy (1926), Markgraf (1927a), Kárpáti & Vajda (1961), and Meyer & Grolle (1968). In the list below we provide, for each species, the locality, latitude and longitude, altitude, and the voucher number from both collections. We also indicate the floristic element (distribution type), for mosses according to Smith (2004) and for liverworts according to Damsholt (2002), and provide information about the species’ occurrence in other SE European countries (according to Sabovljević & Natcheva, 2006; Sabovljević et al., 2008). The nomenclature follows Hill et al. (2006) for mosses and Grolle & Long (2000) for liverworts. All specimens were collected by J. Marka and identified by J. Marka & M. Sabovljević. Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P. Beauv. Shishtavec, soil, 41u57938.40N, 20u34949.00E, 1377 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 726/2599, BEOU4979). It is a circumpolar boreo-temperate species, known from all other SE European countries. Therefore, its presence in Albania is not a surprise and it is probably more common than this single record suggests. Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr. Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, soil in meadow, 41u56940.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 57/1579, BEOU4980). This species is circumpolar and wide-boreal, and has been recorded in all other SE European countries except European Turkey. In SE Europe, it occurs in high mountain bogs where the climate is boreal. It could therefore be expected from more localities in the high mountains of Albania. Barbilophozia hatcheri (A.Evans) Loeske Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, rock crevices, 41u56940.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 32/1579, BEOU4981a). This is a boreomontane species, reported from all other SE European countries except Slovenia and European Turkey. Bryum rubens Mitt. Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, soil in meadow, 41u56940.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 46/1579, BEOU4984). This European temperate species has been recorded from all other SE European countries except Macedonia. Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes Calypogeia muelleriana (Schiffn.) Müll. Frib. Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, wetland, 41u56940.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 60.10/ 1579, BEOU4985b). It is a suboreal-montane species and was earlier recorded only from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, doubtfully Slovenia, and from Greece (Blockeel, 2007) in SE Europe. Cephaloziella rubella (Nees) Warnst. Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, rock crevices, 41u56942.50N, 20u34931.20E, 1511 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 82/1579, BEOU4986c). This is a northern suboceanic species that has been recorded from all SE European countries except Greece, Bosnia–Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia. Climacium dendroides (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, soil in meadow, 41u56940.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 58/1579, BEOU4987). A circumpolar wideboreal species, widespread in SE Europe, except European Turkey. Dichodontium palustre (Dicks.) M.Stech Buzëmadhe, in small stream, 41u56951.70N, 20u299 29.70E, 1855 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 780/ 2599, BEOU4988). It is a European boreo-montane element and has been recorded from all SE European countries except Bosnia–Herzegovina, Montenegro and European Turkey. Dicranella rufescens (Dicks.) Schimp. Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, humid soil, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 755/2599, BEOU4989a). It is a circumpolar boreo-temperate species that is known from all SE European countries except Bosnia–Herzegovina and Montenegro. Ephemerum serratum (Hedw.) Hampe (s. str.) Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, humid soil, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 752/2599, BEOU4990). E. serratum is a European temperate species reported from all SE European countries except Bosnia– Herzegovina, Macedonia and European Turkey. Orthotrichum obtusifolium Brid. Novoselë, on Salix sp. bark, 41u58937.50N, 20u34913.20E, 1232 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 75.2/ 1579, BEOU4991). A circumpolar boreo-temperate species, known from all SE European countries except Montenegro and European Turkey. Pohlia annotina (Hedw.) Lindb. Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, humid soil, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 755/2599, BEOU4989b). It is a European boreo-temperate species that is known from all SE European countries except Croatia and Macedonia. Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (Schultz) R.H. Zander Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, rock crevices, 41u569 40.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 37/1579, BEOU4992b). A Eurosiberian southerntemperate species, recorded for all SE European countries except Macedonia. Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop. Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, in peat-bogs, 41u569 40.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 60.10/1579, BEOU4985c). This species has a circumpolar boreo-montane range and is known from all SE European countries except Greece, Croatia, and European Turkey. Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Hedw.) Warnst. Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, in peatbogs, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 760.1/2599, BEOU4978). A European Boreo-temperate species, recorded for all SE European countries except Macedonia and European Turkey. Sphagnum auriculatum Schimp. Guri i Mëngjesit, Shishtavec, in peat-bogs, 41u56940.20N, 20u37906.60E, 1955 m, 15 July 2009 (JM no. 60.1/1579, BEOU4977). A European boreotemperate species, known from all SE European countries except Macedonia and European Turkey. Sphagnum contortum Schultz Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, in peatbogs, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 760.4e/2599 BEOU4972). This boreo-montane species has been recorded from all SE European countries except Bosnia–Herzegovina and European Turkey. Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst. Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, in peatbogs, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 760b/2599, BEOU4974). It is a suboceanic boreo-temperate species known from all SE European countries, except Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, and European Turkey. Sphagnum teres (Schimp.) Ångstr. Sektori Kallabak, Novoselë-Shishtavec, in peatbogs, 41u56944.30N, 20u34923.50E, 1483 m, 25 September 2009 (JM no. 760/2599, BEOU4973). A circumpolar boreo-arctic montane element, recorded from all SE European countries except Bosnia– Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and European Turkey. Previously, only one species record of Sphagnum was known for Albania (S. palustre; Markgraf, 1927a; Colacino & Sabovljević, 2006; Sabovljević et al., 2008; Séneca & Söderström, 2009). Peat-bogs, where other interesting bryophytes also occur, are located in the north and north-east of Albania, where the climate is cold continental (boreo-temperate). Several other species that are relatively frequent in Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 75 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Europe, especially in continental areas, such as Atrichum undulatum, Aulacomnium palustre, and Climacium dendroides, are reported for the first time from Albania. These findings underline that the bryophyte flora and vegetation is under-explored in the country. Further investigations are urgently needed to fill in the gaps in the knowledge of the bryophyte flora of Albania. Considering the habitat diversity, the different climate types and the elevation amplitude of Albania, as well as the flora of its neighbouring countries, an increasing number of bryophyte species are expected in Albania with further investigation. 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J.J.Amann in Gloucestershire, new to Britain Peter Martin Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Tetbury, UK On 17 November 2009 I joined Caroline Pannell and the Oxford Bryology Group for a field meeting at Colesbourne Park (Grid reference SP004135), 5 miles north of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. On the top of a garden boundary wall grew a moss that I did not recognise. Under the microscope the leaf and leaf section were very like Syntrichia montana Nees, but the leaves had only a very short mucro unlike the long, hyaline, toothed hairpoint of typical Syntrichia montana. Jonathan Sleath offered to look at the plant and thought it might be Syntrichia montana var. calva (Figure 1), which was subsequently confirmed by Tom Blockeel, and it is therefore the first record for Britain. The wall was in an open situation at 170 m a.s.l. with typical Cotswold limestone associates of Grimmia pulvinata (Hedw.) Sm., Schistidium crassipilum H.H. Blom, Tortula muralis Hedw., Bryum capillare Hedw., Orthotrichum anomalum Hedw., Trichostomum crispulum Bruch, Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp., Didymodon rigidulus Hedw., and Syntrichia montana var. montana. There were two patches, one of 562 cm and a nearby round cushion of 1 cm in diameter. The round cushion had a few stems of G. pulvinata growing through it but otherwise both colonies were pure. Description of Gloucestershire Plants (Figures 1–3) Plants forming light green cushions with individual stems branched and up to 1.5 cm tall. Stem with 2–3 layers of thick-walled outer cells and thin-walled cells internally, which become smaller towards centre of stem but do not form a central strand. Leaves appressed to slightly curled when dry, spreading when wet, 1.5–2 mm long. Leaf nerve strong, ca 80 mm wide at base and ca 40 mm wide just below leaf apex, excurrent in a thick mucro 20–60 mm long, with a dorsal stereid band of 4–6 cells, without any enlarged dorsal surface cells; hydroids present below 1–2 layers of guide cells. Leaf margin recurved in up to lower L. Mid-leaf cells 8–13 mm wide, with 2–6 Correspondence to: Peter Martin, 60 West Street, Tetbury, UK. Email: petergmartin@btinternet.com c-shaped papillae per cell. Basal cells hyaline, median ones approximately 60620 mm, near margin approximately 2065 mm. Distribution Known from North and Central Africa, Europe, Macronesia, and S.W. Asia. The following information from the literature and colleagues summarizes the known distribution of the variety in Europe and the Mediterranean area. France. Dept. Yonne, rocher de Mailly-Le-Chateau, 1850, Durieu & Sagot (BM, syntype); HauteSaone, Calmoutier, E. Vesout, 1995 (herb. J.-P. Frahm); Rouffach, 2005 (NCY); Montenach, 2009 (NCY); Pont-Saint Vincent, 2009 (NCY), and Mazeville, 2009 (NCY) (the last four records by Thierry Mahevas, pers. com.). Germany. Metzing, Landange, 18 records for Saarland, most common in the middle and lower Nahn valley (herb. of T. Schneider & C. Schneider, S. Caspari, H. Lauer and SAAR; Claudia and Thomas Schneider, pers. com.). The German distribution was mapped by Meinunger & Schröder (2007). The Netherlands. Reported from the Second World War concrete bunkers, but specimens not collected (Henk Greven, pers. com.). Switzerland. Veytaux, 1983 (herb. E. Maier); Sierre, 1994 (herb. E. Maier); Confignon, 1995 (herb. E. Maier, E); Sion, 2004 (herb. H. Hofmann); Fully, 2008 (herb. M. Luth, herb. G. Schwab). Earlier twentieth century records have not been critically revised (Heike Hoffman, pers. com.). Spain. Granada, 1908 (Guerra & Ros, 2006); Alicante, 1992 (Guerra & Ros, 2006); Badojoz (Guerra & Ros, 2006); and Tenerife, 1978 (Gallego, 2005) (E). Kosovo. Prizren, 1893 (Vanderpoorten, 2001) (JE). Belgium. Mosen (Vanderpoorten, 2001). Portugal. Madeira, 2008 (Kürschner et al., 2008). Turkey. Mardin Daglari, 2006 (Kürschner & Parolly, 2008) (herb. H. Kürschner). Iraq. Liwa Suleimaniya, 1975 (Agnew & Vondráček, 1975). Tunisia. (Ros et al. 1999). Algeria. (Ros et al., 1999). Albania. (Düll, 1984). Hungary. (Erzberger & Papp, 2004). Greece. Makedonia, 2003 (Herb. T. Blockeel; Blockeel, pers. Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 77 Bryological notes Figure 1 S. montana var. calva, habit. Scale52 mm. com.; this is the first record for Greece). Chad. (Ros et al., 1999). Discussion Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Syntrichia montana var. calva is a distinctive plant which is unlikely to be confused with S. montana var. montana due to their different leaf apices. Historically, S. montana has been considered to be part of the Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr complex. For example, Crum and Anderson (1981) did not treat it as separate from S. ruralis. In Britain, the two species are considered to be quite distinct and furthermore, S. ruralis can always be separated from S. montana var. calva by its different mid-leaf cell size, recurvature of the leaf margin, and characters in the nerve section. Figure 3 shows nerve sections of both S. ruralis and S. montana var. calva, where differences can be seen in the number of dorsal stereid layers (2–3 in S. ruralis and 4–6 in S. montana var. calva) along with a lack of hydroids in S. ruralis. Vanderpoorten (2001) states that S. ruralis has hydroids, but I have been unable to confirm this elsewhere in the literature. Hydroids are thin-walled cells found immediately below the guide cells; with age they leave a sharp-angled, irregular or star shaped gap due to collapsed cell walls. Hydroids can be difficult to locate, but in mid-leaf sections of older leaves, they are easily seen. In an examination of herbarium material, Vanderpoorten (2001) found that there was confusion between specimens of S. montana var. calva and Syntrichia inermis (Brid.) Bruch (Tortula inermis), a Figure 2 Leaves of S. montana var. calva, dorsal (lower leaf) and ventral views. Scale51 mm. species recently reported from Scotland (Blockeel et al. 2009). The two are distinguished in the field by S. inermis having leaves that are curved and spirally twisted around the stem and with the leaf apex not recurved as in S. montana var. calva. Under the microscope, the two differ in leaf margin recurvature, nerve width, and basal cell size. Demaret and Castagne (1964) stated that there are forms of Syntrichia latifolia (Bruch ex Hartm.) Huebener with a short mucro that could be confused with S. montana var. calva. However the two can be easily separated by the presence or absence of gemmae, leaf margin recurvature, upper cell width, and thickness of the dorsal stereid band (which is in 2–3 rows in S. latifolia and 4–6 rows in S. montana var. calva). A modification of a portion of the key to Syntrichia in Smith’s (2004) flora is given below to include S. montana var. calva: 1. Costa excurrent in usually hyaline hair point...2 Costa ending below apex, percurrent, or as a shortly excurrent mucro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8. Costa ending in short, 20–60 mm long mucro, gemmae absent. . . . . . . . . . . S. montana var. calva. Costa ending in or below apex, gemmae present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9. Leaf apices rounded, emarginate or not, small¡spherical gemmae usually present on adaxial side of leaves, rhizoidal gemmae lacking, plants often silt encrusted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. latifolia Figure 3 Mid-leaf nerve sections of S. montana var. calva (1) and S. ruralis (2) (roadside bank, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, grid reference ST909948, 10/2/2010). g5guide cells, h5hydroids, s5stereids. Scale550 mm. 78 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes Leaf apices obtuse, apiculate or not, leaf gemmae lacking, rhizoidal gemmae present, plants not silt-encrusted, very rare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. amplexa (Lesq.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia montana var. calva has been recorded mainly from walls, but records also include growth on tertiary limestone rocks, concrete, soil, and calcareous or volcanic rocks in open and warm habitats. When enquiring about the European distribution, I asked if there was any evidence that this plant has increased in frequency in recent years, but this was not thought to be the case. I thank John Grimshaw, the botanist at Colesbourne Park, who with the kind permission of the owners Henry and Caroline Elwes arranged the visit. I am grateful to Jonathan Sleath for identification of the plant and Tom Blockeel for confirmation. Tom also provided comments on the text and the record from Greece. I thank the following people for information on the European distribution: Jean Werner, Henk Greven, Heike Hoffman (NISM database), Claudia & Thomas Schneider, and Thierry Mahevas. I thank Cambridge University Press for permission to use the extract from the key to Syntrichia in Smith’s (2004) flora. Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Nil References Agnew, S. & Vondráček, M. 1975. A Moss Flora of Iraq. Feddes Repertorium 86: 341–489. Cited in: T.L. Blockeel, ed. New National and Regional Bryophyte Records, 19. Journal of Bryology, 30: 235. Blockeel, T.L, Rothero, GP. & Long, D.G. 2009. Tortula inermis and Schistidium helveticum, Two Mosses form Scotland, New to the British Isles. Journal of Bryology, 31: 174–80. Crum, H.A. & Anderson, L.E. 1981. Mosses of Eastern North America. New York: Columbia University Press. Demaret, F. & Castagne, E. 1964. Flore Generale de Belgique. Bryophytes. Vol. 2, Fasc. 3. Brussels: Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. Düll, R. 1984. Distribution of the European and Macronesian Mosses (Bryophytina). Bryologische Beitrage, 4: 1–113. Erzberger, P. & Papp, B. 2004. Annotated Checklist of Hungarian Bryophytes. Studia Botanica Hungarica, 35: 91–149. Gallego, M.T. 2005. A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Syntrichia Brid. (Pottiaceae, Musci) in the Mediterranean Region and Macronesia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, 98: 47–122. Guerra, J. & Ros, R.M., eds. 2006. Flora Briofitica Iberica. Volume III. Pottiales and Encalyptales. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia. Sociedad Espanola de Briologia. Kürschner, H. & Parolly, G. 2008. Syntrichia Montana Nees var. calva (Durieu & Sagot ex Bruch & Schimp.) J.J.Amann In: T.L. Blockeel, ed. New National and Regional Bryophyte Records, 19. Journal of Bryology, 30: 235. Kürschner, H., Frey, W., Lobo, S., Luı́s, L., Fontinha, S. & Sim-Sim, M. 2008. New data on bryophytes from the Ilhas Desertas (Madeira Archipelago). Nova Hedwigia 87: 529–43. Meinunger, L. & Schröder, W. 2007. Verbreitungatlas der Moose Deutschlands, Band 2. Regensberg. Ros, R.M., Cano, M.J. & Guerra, J. 1999. Bryophyte Checklist of Northern Africa. Journal of Bryology, 21: 207–44. Smith, A.J.E. 2004. The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Vanderpoorten, A. 2001. The Syntrichia ruralis Complex in Belgium. Cryptogamie Bryologique, 22: 71–84. Polytrichum tongariroense Colenso, a resurrected name in New Zealand Dendroligotrichum (Polytrichaceae) Ray Tangney Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, Amgueddfa Cymru, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, UK Dendroligotrichum (Müll.Hal.) Broth. is a small genus distributed in New Zealand and southern South America. The plants are strikingly conspicuous, with stems often more than 200 mm (exceptionally to 400 mm) tall with an apical cluster of branches that can exceed 60 mm in length. There are two species in austral America (D. dendroides (Brid. ex Hedw.) Broth. and D. squamosum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Cardot) (Schiavone, 1993), and one species in New Zealand. The New Zealand Correspondence to: Ray Tangney, Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, Amgueddfa Cymru, National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK. Email: Ray.Tangney@nmgw.ac.uk species has been considered conspecific with D. dendroides (Dixon, 1926; Sainsbury, 1955; Beever et al. 1992; Fife, 1995), but deserves recognition as a distinct taxon. Smith (1969) treated it as a separate species, D. microdendron (Müll.Hal.) GL Sm., and as a subspecies of D. dendroides (D. dendroides ssp. microdendron (Müll.Hal.) GL Sm. (Smith, 1971), based on differences in leaf size and shape and capsule shape. Smith (1971, p. 62) noted that, in comparison with ssp. dendroides, the leaves of the New Zealand plants were … ‘shorter, much less finely attenuate, and have a more broadened sheath’, and that the ssp. dendroides has capsules ‘flaring, turbinate’, rather than oblong cylindric. D. squamosum Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 79 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society differs from both in having leaf lamellae with paired apical cells. These differences in morphology are supported by molecular data, leading Stech et al. (2008) to reelevate the subspecies to specific level and to restrict D. dendroides to southern South America and D. microdendron to New Zealand. In support of their decision, Stech et al. (2008) presented AFLP profile data that showed lower pair-wise distances between D. dendroides and D. squamosum than between D. dendroides and D. microdendron, and trees based on the AFLP data gave 100% support to species groups based on the morphological differences between species. Their DNA sequence data also supported the recognition of three species, and did not support the monophyly of a D. dendroides – D. microdendron clade. An analysis based on sequence data from five gene regions strongly supported a sister group relationship between D. dendroides and D. squamosum, rather than between D. dendroides and D. microdendron (Bell & Hyvönen, 2010). However, an earlier name is available for the New Zealand species, one published by the colonial missionary, botanist William Colenso. This note outlines the importance of Colenso in the history of New Zealand botany and reintroduces this name to New Zealand Polytrichaceae. A lectotype is designated. William Colenso is a prominent figure in the early colonial history of New Zealand. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1811, the eldest son of a Penzance saddler. He trained as a printer and from an early age had a strong interest in natural history. Following a period working in London he went to New Zealand as a printer-missionary for the Christian Missionary Service, arriving in 1834 at Paihia in the Bay of Islands (le Lievre, 1990; details of Colenso’s life and activities are summarised from le Lievre’s account, and more details can be found in Bagnall and Petersen’s 1948 treatment of Colenso’s life.). There he printed Maori language versions of religious texts important for the early missionary activities in New Zealand, including a Maori language translation of the New Testament. He also printed the Treaty of Waitangi, the founding document of New Zealand. His account of the signing of the Treaty by Maori Chiefs and representatives of the British Crown at the adjacent settlement of Waitangi in 1840 (Colenso, 1890) is considered to be the most complete and authentic record (St George, pers. comm.), and remains a much cited eye-witness description, of those events (e.g. Orange, 1987). In the years following his arrival in New Zealand, contact with visiting naturalists, including Charles Darwin in 1835 [although not mentioned in his journal at the time, Colenso recalled in later life that 80 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 Figure 1 Lectotype of Polytrichum tongariroense, BM. he spent Christmas Day, 1835, in Darwin’s company (Bagnall & Petersen, 1948; St George, 2009)], and Allan Cunningham, the former Colonial Botanist in New South Wales who spent 6 months at Paihia, provided encouragement for Colenso’s developing enthusiasm for the study of New Zealand plants. His importance in the history of New Zealand botany was sealed when he met and formed a lasting and mutual friendship with Joseph Hooker, who was surgeon-naturalist on the Erebus which called at Paihia for 3 months in 1841. Hamlin (1971) noted that many of the North Island plants available to Hooker for the Flora Novae Zelandiae (Hooker, 1852–1855) were collections sent by Colenso, and throughout his life Colenso continued to collect avidly and to send specimens (including many cryptogams) to Hooker at Kew. His collecting was spread over 70 years, including an interlude of virtually no activity from 1852 to 1879 (Hamlin, 1971), and was very often in places previously unvisited by Europeans. In later life he also became a prolific describer of species, and his legacy of ‘socalled species’ (Hamlin, 1971) has been the subject of later comment by taxonomists, e.g. Schuster & Engel (1985). Isolated from reference collections and libraries, and often working in very difficult conditions, his methods were idiosyncratic and subject to errors which make the identification of original material problematic. Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes Hamlin, through working on the Colenso bryophyte herbarium in WELT, has outlined the problems associated with the specimens sent to Kew (Hamlin, 1971). Colenso used parallel number series with a prefix to denote different groups, for mosses, liverworts, etc., and also began new number series for new shipments to Kew. He separated the collection information from the specimens so that not only is the specimen number unreliable, the information that would help to identify a specimen is often absent. In some cases duplicate material was retained by Colenso (his herbarium in WELT includes 1400 hepatics and 1100 mosses), and in others additional material was sent for identification, e.g., there are isotypes of Colenso hepatic names in the Stephani herbarium in G. This means that for many names there may be type material in three localities, and for some there are no remaining types (see for example in Schuster & Engel, 1985; Kruijer, 2002). Colenso also sent specimens to Felix Reader in Victoria during the period 1883–1886 (St George, 2009), but there are no specimens of Polytrichum tongariroense in MEL where Reader’s herbarium is held (Pina Milne, pers. comm.). Despite the problems associated with his collections, Colenso remains a central figure in the botany of early colonial New Zealand. His prodigious collecting and description of new species in diverse groups (he described over 200 hepatics alone) mean that his legacy remains a continuing source of potential taxonomic novelty. The recent compilation (St George, 2009) is an invaluable resource for Colenso studies in making the Colenso letters and specimen lists readily available. Polytrichum tongariroense was published in 1888. The protologue cites a collection by ‘Mr Hill, 1887, ash beds, base of Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro Range, altitude 5,400 feet, County of East Taupo’. There are no specimens of Polytrichum tongariroense in WELT (Patrick Brownsey, pers. comm.), and it appears that the only surviving specimen of P. tongariroense is in BM. This specimen (Figure 1) lacks collector and locality information. It bears a label annotated in Colenso’s handwriting: ‘a. 1514 Polytrichum tongariroense Col. Trans. N.Z. Inst., xx.’ A later annotation details the date of receipt at Kew (May, 1890). In a letter to Hooker in the archive at Kew (dated March 1890, in JDH 2/1/4, Letters to JD Hooker CAD–COL, c. 1840s–1900s; reprinted in St George, 2009), Colenso detailed a parcel of specimens he sent from Napier to Kew. In this letter Colenso stated that he had been working on this batch of specimens since June 1888. It included more than 1000 hepatics, 600 fungi and 70 or more phanerogams and ferns. The liverworts had the number sequence a.723–a.1760. Some of these specimens are types of species described in the same paper with P. tongariroense and are represented in BM, with duplicates in WELT. They bear, for example in the liverwort genus Gottschea, printed annotation labels stating that they were received at BM from Colenso in 1890 and were identified by Stephani in 1890. Colenso described these specimens in a letter written on the same day to WT Thiselton-Dyer, the Director of Kew, as follows. ‘All are numbered, and all that I have described are also ticketed, bearing the vol. of ‘Trans’ in which they are published.’ Despite being a moss bearing a number from a liverwort sequence, it is very likely that this specimen (Figure 1) was annotated by Colenso and sent to Kew soon after publication in 1888, as part of this parcel of specimens. It is therefore here designated as a lectotype. No combination exists for this name in Dendroligotrichum and it is made here. Dendroligotrichum tongariroense (Colenso) Tangney comb. nov. Basionym: Polytrichum tongariroense Colenso, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 20: 239, 1888. Lectotype (here designated): Colenso, a. 1514, BM (!). Syn. nov. Dendroligotrichum microdendron (Müll. Hal.) GL Sm., Phytologia 18: 403, 1969. Dendroligotrichum dendroides ssp. microdendron (Müll.Hal.) GL Sm., Memoirs New York Botanical Garden, 21 (3): 62, 1971. Basionym: Catharinea microdendron Müll.Hal., Hedwigia 36: 339, 1897. I wish to thank Patrick Brownsey for his generous assistance in searching for type material at WELT and for providing information concerning Colenso’s herbarium. Ian St George gave valuable advice on the importance of Colenso’s account of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and on the presence of Colenso specimens at MEL. I am grateful for access to the Colenso letters by kind permission of the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and to Michele Losse at Kew for help and advice. Len Ellis kindly gave advice on the Hooker bryophyte collection at BM, and I thank Neil Bell and Allan Fife for their constructive reviews. Rebecca Brumbill at National Museum Cardiff photographed the specimen. Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Dendroligotrichum tongariroense (Colenso) Tangney comb. nov. References Bagnall, A.G. & Petersen, G.C. 1948. William Colenso: Printer, Missionary, Botanist, Explorer, Politician. Wellington: AH & AW Reed. Beever, J.E., Allison, K.W. & Child, J. 1992. The Mosses of New Zealand. 2nd edn. Dunedin: University of Otago Press. Bell, N.E. & Hyvönen, J. 2010. Phylogeny of the Moss Class Polytrichopsida (Bryophyta): Generic-level Structure and Incongruent Gene Tress. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55: 381–98. Colenso, W. 1890. The Authentic and Genuine History of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: Government Printer. Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 81 Bryological notes Dixon, H.N. 1926. Studies in the Bryology of New Zealand, Part IV. New Zealand Institute Bulletin, 3: 153–238. Fife, A.J. 1995. Checklist of the Mosses of New Zealand. Bryologist, 98: 313–37. Hamlin, B.G. 1971. The Bryophyte Collections of William Colenso in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 9: 695–8. Hooker, J.D. 1852–1855. Botany of the Antarctic Voyage. Vol. 2. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. London: Lovell Reeve. Kruijer, H. 2002. Hypopterygiaceae of the World. Blumea Supplement, 13: 1–388. le Lievre, A. 1990. William Colenso, New Zealand Botanist: Something of His Life and Work. Kew Magazine, 7(4): 186–200. Orange, C. 1987. The Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. Sainsbury, G.O.K. 1955. A Handbook of the New Zealand Mosses. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 5: 1–490. St George, I. 2009. Colenso’s Collections. Wadestown, Wellington: The New Zealand Native Orchid Group. Schiavone, M.M. 1993. Bryophyta Musci: Polytrichinales. In: S.A. Guarrera, I. Gamundi de Amos & C. Matteri, eds. Flora Criptogámica de Tierra del Fuego, 14(12): 1–61. Buenos Aires: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas y Técnicas de al República. Schuster, R.M. & Engel, J.J. 1985. Austral Hepaticae V(2). Temperate and Subantarctic Schistochilaceae of Australasia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, 58: 255– 539. Stech, M., Pfeiffer, T. & Frey, W. 2008. Molecular Divergence in the Palaeoaustral Moss Genera Dendroligotrichum and Polytrichadelphus (Polytrichaceae, Bryopsida). Studies in Austral Temperate Rain Forest Bryophytes 32. Australian Systematic Botany, 21(1): 39–49. Smith, G.L. 1969. New combinations in Polytrichaceae. Phytologia, 18: 403. Smith, G.L. 1971. Conspectus of the Genera of the Polytrichaceae. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 21(3): 1– 83. Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Rostellopsid (chytrid) galls on Fissidens rhizoids Samar Nour-El-Deen Bryology Research Lab., Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt During the revision of the herbarium collections of the genus Fissidens from Egypt, one small collection from Nile Valley caught my attention. This voucher, viz., IV-D(12), was labeled as Fissidens bryoides subsp. viridulus but subsequently proved to be F. crassipes subsp. warnstorfii (M. Fleisch.) Brugg.-Nann (Nour-El-Deen, 2008). It was collected by Mahmoud S. Refai in 1986, from Asiout Province in Nile Valley, on a red-brick wall overlain with mud. In this specimen, numerous unusual structures observed at the tips of the rhizoids were identified as galls caused by a parasitic rostellopsid (chytrid) fungus. This note describes this first record of such a fungal infestation on Fissidens in Egypt and compares this with previous accounts of infections by the rostellopsid Pleotrachelus wildemanii in mosses. Specimen examined. Egypt. Nile Valley: Asiout Province. Refai IV-D(12), 1986. Voucher specimen is deposited in the Bryophyte Herbarium, Department of Botany, Ain Shams University, Cairo (CAIA). (Figure 1). F. crassipes subsp. warnstorfii produces numerous branched or unbranched axillary rhizoids. In the Nile specimen, the majority of these had variously swollen tips. Closer scrutiny revealed that they contained 1– 10 fungal zoosporangia. Correspondence to: S Nour-El-Deen, Bryology Research Lab., Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Email: samarnour11@hotmail.com 82 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 1. Rostellopsid galls. The infected tip cells of axillary rhizoids are swollen or enlarged, brown or light brown (as seen in herbarium material), spherical to ellipsoid, clavate or pyriform, sometimes irregular in shape, varying in size from 36 to 160 mm, usually coiled and covered in vaginant laminae. They are also found on tips of subterranean rhizoids or on very short rhizoidal stalks developed on the stem and appear sessile. Infected axillary rhizoids range in diameter from 12 to 48 mm (4–8 mm in uninfected rhizoids). 2. Zoosporangia. Rostellopsid (chytridiomycetous) galls consist of 1–10 spherical zoosporangia, 20– 40 mm in diameter. Some of the spherical structures are granular and have multiple walls. Exit tubes were observed in a few zoosporangia. Each zoosporangium produces 1–2 exit tube(s) that protrude outside the rhizoid wall (Figure 1(I)). The Identity of the Fissidens fungus Since the rhizoids have galls and zoosporangia are present inside, the fungus is most probably Pleotrachelus wildemanii. This fungus was first established by Petersen (1910) as Pleotrachelus wildemanii (Olpidiaceae). Then it was illustrated and described by several authors, for example, Ingold (1952), Döbbeler & Itzerott (1983), and Risse (1990), on rhizoids of Funaria hygrometrica. A recent overview of Pleotrachelus wildemanii is given by Martı́nez-Abaigar et al. (2005). This states that Pleotrachelus wildemanii belongs to Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society A B D E C F G H I Figure 1 Fissidens crassipes subsp. warnstorfii (M. Fleisch.) Brugg.-Nann. (A), (B) Swollen infected tip cells of axillary rhizoids; (C)–(F) close-up views showing swollen rhizoids with 1, 2, 3, and 4 zoosporangia, respectively; (G) a ruptured chytrid gall; (H) arrow indicates the peg-like structure of host wall material; (I) zoospore exit tubes (arrowed). the Rozellopsidales (Division: Oomycota), an order containing highly specialized parasites including those that infect moss rhizoids inducing them to form galls. Although the fungus that produces galls in mosses was previously identified as Pleotrachelus wildemanii, Martı́nez-Abaigar et al. (2005) stated that differences between the number of zoosporangia per host cell and the number of exit tubes between different mosses, suggest that more than one species of rozellopsidalean fungus may form rhizoid galls in mosses and not just P. wildemanii. Morphology of the infected host The present specimen of Fissidens crassipes subsp. warnstorfii infected by a rostellopsid fungus corresponds closely with previous descriptions of Pleotrachelus wildemanii (Petersen, 1910; Ingold, 1952; Döbbeler & Itzerott, 1983). The fungus infects the tip cells of the rhizoids inducing them to form galls. However, there is no essential difference between gametophytic characters of the intact and the infected plants other than the swollen rhizoidal tips and the absence of sporophytes although both male and female gametangia are found. Martı́nez-Abaigar et al. (2005), Table 1 Morphological features of Pleotrachelus wildemanii in different bryophyte hosts Reference Morphology of exit tubes Petersen (1910) Not protruding out of host wall Not protruding out of host wall Protruding out of host wall or not Ingold (1952) Döbbeler & Itzerott (1983) Martı́nez-Abaigar et al. (2005) Present study Extending up to or beyond the rhizoid wall Not reported Protruding out of host wall Number of exit tubes Number of zoosporangia Host (moss species) 2 1 1 Vary Undetermined species of moss Funaria hygrometrica 1–4 1–8 Funaria hygrometrica 1 1–3 Bryum capillare 1 1–2 1 1–10 Bryum pseudotriquetrum Fissidens crassipes subsp. warnstorfii Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 83 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society report that interactions between parasitic fungi and the rhizoidal system of host material results in deeply brown-pigmented ingrowths (peg-like structures) of host wall material previously found surrounding sites of fungal penetration in rhizoids of Funaria. Similar in-growths were also observed here in rhizoidal cells of Fissidens (Figure 1(H)). Martı́nez-Abaigar et al. (2005) suggested that variations in the number of zoosporangia formed per rhizoid cell, the number of exit tubes produced in each zoosporangium, and the extension of these exit tubes between different hosts suggest that rostellopsid fungi other than Pleotrachelus wildemanii might also induce gall formation in moss rhizoids (see Table 1). Whether this rostellopsid fungus infects a wide range of hosts or is a species-specific parasite now invites experimental studies. There is a dearth of information regarding moss– fungus associations in Egypt with just two previous accounts (El-Saadawi & Shabbara, 1999; ElFaramawi, 2005) reporting an association between the discomycete Byssonectria tetraspora and Bryum argenteum. Hedw. This report on F. crassipes subsp. warnstorfii is the first record for Pleotrachelus wildemanii growing on an Egyptian bryophyte. According to the literature on bryophilous fungi reviewed by Felix (1988), three fungi are reported to grow on Fissidens, viz., Epibryon muscicola on undetermined Fissidens species, and both Acrospermum adeanum and Belonioscyphella hypnorum on Fissidens cristatus. Pleotrachelus wildemanii has been recently described on Fissidens fontanus (Bach.Pyl.) Steud. and other mosses which grow in eutrophic water sources (rivers and canals) in Britain and elsewhere in the world (Duckett & Pressel, 2009). They also reported Pleotrachelus wildemanii to grow on the rhizoids of Fissidens fontanus from the Nile. However, this aquatic species which belongs to section Fissidens, subgenus Octodiceras has been excluded from the moss flora of Egypt by Pursell (1987). I have revised all the Egyptian Fissidens species and did not find any specimens of F. fontanus (Nour-El-Deen, 2008); either Duckett and Pressel’s (2009) account referred 84 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 to specimens I have never seen or was based on misidentified material. I wish to express my utmost and sincere gratitude to my supervisors Professor Wagieh El-Saadawi and Professor Hanaa Shabbara for their valuable guidance throughout this investigation. I am very much indebted to Dr Siegfried Risse (Germany) who called my attention to the presence of what is known as ‘fungal galls’. I am also grateful to Professor Jeffrey G. Duckett (UK) and Dr Sherif Zaki (Egypt) for verifying fungal galls in Egyptian material. I have received relevant literature, much comment, and/or stimulating discussion from them and from Peter Döbbeler (Germany), Javier Martı́nez-Abaigar (Spain), Sally Ree (UK), Gordon W. Beakes (UK), and David Porter (USA). Without their assistance and valuable advice in several matters, the preparation of this note would have been a much more onerous task. Taxonomic Changes and Additions: Nil. References Döbbeler, P. & Itzerott, H. 1983. Ein neufund des muscicolen chytridiomyceten Pleotrachelus wildermanii. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München, 19: 431–4. Duckett, J.G. & Pressel, S. 2009. London’s Changing Bryophyte Flora. Field Bryology, 98: 30–46. El-Faramawi, M.W.A. 2005. Life History of Some Mosses from Cairo Region. MSc thesis, Ain Shams University. El-Saadawi, W.E. & Shabbara, H.M. 1999. The First Report on a Moss Fungus Association from Egypt. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 17: 221–9. Felix, H. 1988. Fungi on Bryophytes, a Review. Botanica Helvetica, 98: 239–69. Ingold, C.T. 1952. Funaria Rhizoids Infected with Pleotrachelus Wildermani. Transactions of the British Bryological Society, 2: 53–4. Martı́nez-Abaigar, J., Núñez-Olivera, E., Matcham, H.W. & Duckett, J.G. 2005. Interactions between Parasitic Fungi and Mosses: Pegged and Swollen-Tipped Rhizoids in Funaria and Bryum. Journal of Bryology, 27: 47–53. Nour-El-Deen, S. 2008. Revision of Egyptian Herbarium Specimens of the Moss Genus Fissidens Hedw. MSc thesis, Ain Shams University. Petersen, H.E. 1910. An Account of Danish Freshwater-PhycomyCetes, with Biological and Systematical Remarks. Annales Mycologici, 8: 494–560. Pursell, R.A. 1987. A Taxonomic Revision of Fissidens Subgenus Octodiceras (Fissidentaceae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 98: 639–60. Risse, S. 1990. Pilzgallen an Moosrhizoiden Neufund von Pleotrachelus Wildermanii Petersen. Bryologische Rundbriefe, 3: 4–6. Bryological notes Note on the occurrence of Metzgeria saxbyi Pearson in southern Africa Nonkululo Phephu, Jacques van Rooy Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa Metzgeria saxbyi was originally described by Pearson (1931), based on material collected by H.H. Saxby in Ghana in 1910. Sim (1926) regarded the monoicous South African plants of Metzgeria as M. conjugata Lindb., a species resembling M. saxbyi, but not known from Africa (So, 2004; Wigginton, 2004b, 2009). Metzgeria saxbyi was first reported as occurring in South Africa and Swaziland by S. Arnell (1963), based on material which was originally identified as M. furcata (L.) Dumort. The material was collected in Swaziland: Horo Forest, 2531CB, April 1932, V.A. Wager 108 (PRE) and in South Africa: Cape Town, Table Mountain, Skeleton Gorge, 3318CD, January 1916, J.W. Bews PRECH8489 (PRE). The species was subsequently included in a series of southern African checklists up to Perold (2003) and neatly illustrated by O. van Kerckhove (in Wigginton 2004b: 94, Figure 56). Perold (2006) excluded the species from her latest checklist of South African liverworts and cited So (2004) and Wigginton (2004a). However, So (2004) did not actually exclude M. saxbyi from South Africa and Swaziland but did not see specimens from this region. Wigginton (2004a, 2009) did not include southern Africa in the distribution of Metzgeria saxbyi and noted that its occurrence in these countries needs confirmation. Sterile material of Metzgeria can be easily misidentified as characters like costal cortical cells and hair placement and presence occur sporadically. Marginal and costal hairs are a difficult character to use when the material is very old as these get broken with age. However, M. saxbyi is the only monoicous species in Africa (So, 2004; Wigginton, 2004b). The southern African specimens listed above were examined and found to be monoicous, the most important character used in identifying M. saxbyi. The occurrence of this species in South Africa as well as Swaziland is therefore confirmed. Metzgeria saxbyi Pearson Thallus 1–3 cm long, to 2 cm wide; pale yellowish green; dichotomously branched, furcate; branches Correspondence to: Nonkululo Phephu, National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Email: N.Phephu@sanbi.org.za flat or slightly concave; unistratose apart from the costa, naked above and with scattered hairs below; apex often retuse; margins naked or with hairs; hairs short, straight and often single, sometimes geminate; costa protruding below, with hairs, 2–4 epidermal cells, up to 16 inner medullary cells and up to 4 ventral epidermal cells; wings 14 to 19 cells wide; laminal cells thin-walled, sometimes with trigones, smooth. Monoicous. With male and female branches occurring in same branch attached to costa or occasionally on wings; male branchlets subglobose with midrib, nude; female branchlets larger, obcordate to broadly obovate, hairy; calyptra obovate, hairy. Substrate. Tree bark, stone, hanging from rocks. Habitat. Forests, mountains. Distribution. M. saxbyi is endemic to Africa (So, 2004) and apart from southern Africa also known from Bioko, Cameroon, Ghana and Uganda (Wigginton, 2004b, 2009). We thank Professor Tamas Pócs for constructive comments and improvements to the manuscript. Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Nil. References Arnell, S. 1963. Hepaticae of South Africa. Stockholm: Swedish Natural Science Council. Pearson, W.H. 1931. Notes on a Collection of Hepaticae Made by Mr. Saxby on the West Coast of Africa. Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique, 4: 61–71. Perold, S.M. 2003. Hepatophyta. In: G. Germishuizen & N.L. Meyer, eds. Plants of Southern Africa: an Annotated Checklist. Strelitzia 14: 39–61. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute. Perold, S.M. 2006. Hepatophyta. In: G. Germishuizen, N.L. Meyer, Y. Steenkamp, & M. Keith, eds. A Checklist of South African Plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 41: 31–49. Pretoria: SABONET. Sim, T.R. 1926. The Bryophyta of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, volume 15. Cape Town: The Royal Society of South Africa. So, M.L. 2004. Metzgeria in Africa. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 42: 271–92. Wigginton, M.J. 2004a. Checklist and Distribution of the Liverworts and Hornworts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Including the East African Islands (edition 2, September 2004). Tropical Bryology Research Reports, 5: 1–104. Wigginton, M.J., ed. 2004b. E. W. Jones’s Liverwort and Hornwort Flora of West Africa. Meise: National Botanic Garden (Belgium). Wigginton, M.J. 2009. Checklist and Distribution of the Liverworts and Hornworts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Including the East African Islands (edition 3, 24 January 2009). Tropical Bryology Research Reports, 8: 1–116. Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 85 Bryological notes Cheilolejeunea ornata (Lejeuneaceae), a new species from Brazilian Atlantic Forest Cid José Passos Bastos Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Briófitas, Campus de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society The genus Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. is represented by 16 species in Brazil (Gradstein & Costa, 2003; Bastos & Gradstein, 2006; Bastos, 2009). The most important generic character is the reduction of the first lobule tooth, making the hyaline papillae distal in position to the second tooth. In recent years, some new neotropical species of the genus Cheilolejeunea were described, increasing the number of species for this biogeographic region: Cheilolejeunea norisiae Dauphin & Gradst. from Panama (Dauphin & Gradstein, 2003), Cheilolejeunea lacerata C. Bastos & Gradst. from Brazil (Bastos & Gradstein, 2006) and Cheilolejeunea neblinensis Ilkiu-Borges & Gradstein from Venezuela (Ilkiu-Borges & Gradstein, 2008). Furthermore, a new record for Brazil was published by Bastos (2009): Cheilolejeunea compacta (Steph.) E. Reiner. While studying the genus in Brazil, an apparently undescribed species was detected from Atlantic Forest in Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil. Cheilolejeunea ornata C. Bastos sp. nov. (Figure 1). Cheilolejeuneae oncophyllae (Ångstr.) Grolle & E. Reiner similis, sed differt cellulis loborum papillosis et statu dioico. Type. Brazil: Bahia, Igrapiúna, Michelin Ecological Reserve, 13u489S, 39u109W, Pacangê Forest fragment, 11 August 2006, C. Bastos 4681 (holotype, ALCB). Paratype. Brazil: Bahia. Igrapiúna, Michelin Ecological Reserve, 13u489S, 39u109W, Pacangê Forest fragment, 11 August 2006, C. Bastos 4702p.p. (paratype, ALCB) The specific epithet refers to the large papillae on the leaf cells. Plants small, ca 400 mm wide, prostrate, brownish when dry, branches Lejeunea-type, basal collar small. Stems ca 50 mm wide, in cross section with 7–8 cortical cells and 6–7 medullary cells, thick-walled; cortical cells 13–1768–10 mm; ventral merophyte 2 cells wide. Leaves widely spreading, imbricate to Correspondence to: Cid José Passos Bastos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Briófitas. Campus de Ondina, 40170-280 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Email: cid-bastos@uol.com.br 86 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 contiguous. Lobe oblong-ovate, slightly falcate, 190– 2606150–200 mm, dorsal surface papillose, antical margin arched, strongly crenulate by projecting papillose cell, apex pointed, sharply apiculate to acute, recurved, postical margin slightly curved, crenulate by projecting papillose cells; cells oblong, 15–23610 mm, papillose, the papillae large, 10– 12 mm high, one per cell, trigones large, sometimes confluent; oil-bodies coarsely segmented, few per cells, ocelli absent. Lobule strongly inflated, ovate, 105– 140678–95 mm, free margin involute, apical tooth short, acute, with distal hyaline papillae, apical margin straight to oblique, keel arched, strongly roughened due to projecting papillose cells. Underleaves small, remote, 80–90678–95 mm, ca 1.5–2.0 times as wide as the stem, bifid to K, sinus V-shaped, lobes acute to obtuse, base cuneate, insertion line straight. Dioicous. Androecia on a short-specialized lateral branch with 2–3 pairs of bracts, lobule strongly inflated, hypostatic, keel strongly crenulate by projecting papillose cells, bracteoles restricted to the base of branch. Gynoecium not seen. Vegetative reproduction by cladia. Corticolous, sometimes mixed with Symbiezidium barbiflorum (Lindenb. & Gottsche) A. Evans, in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, northeastern Brazil. Because of the pointed leaf apex, C. ornata is a member of Cheilolejeunea subgenus Strepsilejeunea (Spruce) R.M. Schust. The new species strongly resembles the neotropical C. oncophylla (Ångstr.) Grolle & E. Reiner, with which it has several characteristics in common (small plants, remote and small underlaeves, vegetative reproduction by cladia). However, C. ornata differs from C. oncophylla by the following features: (i) strongly papillose lobe cells (mammillose in C. oncophylla) (ii) lobe apex acute to apiculate and curved (obtuse to acute, plane or slightly curved in C. oncophylla); and (iii) dioicous plants (C. oncophylla is autoicous). Although the plants size and general aspect of the gametophyte are similar in both species, the presence of large papillae on leaf cells and the dioicous conditions in C. ornata Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes Figure 1 Cheilolejeunea ornata C. Bastos sp. nov. (C. Bastos 4681 – holotype): (A, B) gametophytes, ventral view; (C) underleaf and lobule; (D) apical tooth and hyaline papilla; (E) laminal cells; (F) leaf margin; (G) transverse section of the stem. are important characteristics separating the two. C. oncophylla is a common species in Bahia state, growing in lowland and montane forest, even in the same site where the C. ornata was collected. No significant morphological variation was observed in the populations of C. oncophylla. The new species also resembles C. celata M. Renner & Glenny (Renner & Glenny, 2003) recently described from New Zealand, both showing large papillae, small size and remote underleaves, but differs by the absence of papilla in the underleaves and the apiculate apex of the leaf lobe (rounded in C. celata). By the strongly papillose lobe cells the new species also resembles the neotropical C. inflexa (Hampe ex Lehm.) Grolle, which was described and illustrated by Ye & Zhu (2009) and Gradstein & Ilkiu-Borges (2009). C. inflexa is a larger plant (0.7– 1.5 mm wide) with larger (0.14–0.28 mm long, 0.21– 0.55 mm wide), suborbicular underleaves with a deeply arched insertion line (Grolle & ReinerDrehwald, 1997; Ye & Zhu, 2009; Gradstein & Ilkiu-Borges, 2009). C. novaezelandiae R.M. Schust. from New Zealand and C. subopaca from India also have larger underleaves; C. novaezelandiae furthermore differs by the U-shaped sinus (V-shaped in C. ornata), and smooth lobule keel (Renner & Glenny, 2003), and C. subopaca by the different lobule shape, and the Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 87 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society presence of male bracteoles throughout the androecial spike (Ye & Zhu, 2009). The populations of C. ornata came from preserved fragments of an Atlantic Forest in the south of Bahia (Michelin Reserve), northeastern Brazil, growing on tree trunks. Three other new species described in recent years are from the same region: Pycnolejeunea porrectilobula C. Bastos & O. Yano from Estação Veracruz (Bastos & Yano, 2002), C. lacerata C. Bastos & Gradstein from Estação Veracruz (Bastos & Gradstein, 2006), and Hypnella symphyondontoides S. Vilas Bôas-Bastos from Michelin Reserve (Vilas Bôas-Bastos, 2009). These occurrences may indicate that the Atlantic Forests of southern Bahia are relicts of a previously wider ranging forest. Furthermore, some important new species records were reported from this region (Bastos & Vilas Bôas-Bastos, 2000; Vilas Bôas-Bastos & Bastos, 2004; Bastos & Yano, 2003; Bastos, 2009). Preservation of these forest fragments is very important for the conservation and study of biodiversity, especially of Lejeuneaceae which are the most characteristic hepatics of tropical rain forest. Further analysis will be necessary to clarify the relationships and biogeography of these small, papillose species of the genus Cheilolejeunea. The author is grateful to Silvana B. Vilas BôasBastos for the drawings; to J. Laufer and Dr K. Flescher, administrator and Research Coordinator of the Michelin Ecological Reserve, respectively, and to S. A. Veracel Celulose for promoting access to the study area, as well as to the field support staff. He is also thankful to Dr R.-L. Zhu, from East Normal University, Shanghai, China, for providing important literature, to CNPq for the grant of the Scholarship Research Productivity, and to anonymous referees for suggestions and corrections. 88 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Cheilolejeunea ornata C. Bastos sp. nov. References Bastos, C.J.P. 2009. New National and Regional Bryophyte Records, 22. Cheilolejeunea Compacta (Steph.) E. Reiner. Journal of Bryology, 31: 202–3. Bastos, C.J.P. & Gradstein, S.R. 2006. Two New Species of Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae) from Brazil: C. lacerata sp. nov. and C. rupestris sp. nov. Journal of Bryology, 28: 133–8. Bastos, C.J.P. & Vilas Bôas-Bastos S.B. 2000. Occurrence of Some Lejeuneaceae (Jungermanniophyta) in Bahia, Brazil. Tropical Bryology, 19: 45–54. Bastos, C.J.P. & Yano, O. 2002. Pycnolejeunea Porrectilobula (Lejeuneaceae), a New Species from Brazil. Nova Hedwigia, 74: 439–43. Bastos, C.J.P. & Yano, O. 2003. New Records of the Genus Rectolejeunea (Lejeuneaceae) for the state of Bahia, Brazil. Nova Hedwigia, 76: 477–85. Dauphin, G. & Gradstein, S.R. 2003. A New Species of Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. from Panama. Journal of Bryology, 25: 259–61. Gradstein, S.R. & Costa, D.P. 2003. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Brazil. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 87: 1–318. Gradstein, S.R. & Ilkiu-Borges, A.L. 2009. Guide to the Plants of Central French Guiana. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 76: 1–140. Grolle, R. & Reiner-Drehwald, M.E. 1997. Cheilolejeunea oncophylla (Ångstr.) Grolle & Reiner comb. nov (Lejeuneaceae), from Neotropics. Journal of Bryology, 19: 781–5. Ilkiu-Borges, A.L. & Gradstein, S.R. 2008. A New Species of Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela. Nova Hedwigia, 87: 521–8. Renner, M.A.M. & Glennny, D. 2003. A New Cheilolejeunea (Marchantiopsida: Lejeuneaceae) from Montane Forests in New Zealand. Journal of Bryology, 25: 169–74. Vilas Bôas-Bastos S.B. 2009. Hypnella Symphyodontoides (Bryophyta: Pilotrichaceae), a New Species from Brazil. Journal of Bryology, 31: 20–2. Vilas Bôas-Bastos S.B. & Bastos, C.J.P. 2004. Note on the occurrence of Hypnella pallescens (Hook.) A. Jaeger (Bryophyta, Pilotrichaceae) in Bahia, Brazil. Acta Botanica Malacitana, 29: 260–3. Ye, W. & Zhu R.L. 2009. The Status of Strepsilejeunea Papillata Herzog from India, with Reference to Cheilolejeunea subopaca (Mitt.) Mizut. and C. inflexa (Hampe ex Lehm.) Grolle. Journal of Bryology, 31: 180–5. Bryological notes Lejeunea kodamae Ikegami & Inoue new to India, with a note on the rediscovery of L. bidentula Herzog Geeta Asthana, Murti Saxena Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, India Lejeunea Lib., the type genus of the family Lejeuneaceae is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. The genus is represented by 22 species in India (Asthana, 2007; Dey, Singh & Singh, 2008). In a typical Lejeunea, the leaf-lobule usually bears a single apical tooth; however, bidentate leaflobules are reported in Lejeunea norrisii Grolle from Tasmania (Grolle, 1982), Lejeunea bidentula Herzog from Bhutan (Long & Grolle, 1990), China (Mizutani, 1971; Zhu, 2000), India (Mussoorie) and Nepal (Mizutani, 1971; Mizutani et al., 1995), Lejeunea kodamae Ikegami & Inoue from China and Japan (Mizutani, 1961; Piippo, 1990; Furuki & Mizutani, 1994; Wu & Lin, 1988), Lejeunea latilobula (Herzog) R. L. Zhu & M. L. So from China (Zhu & So, 2002) and Lejeunea boliviensis (Steph.) R. L. Zhu & E. Reiner from Bolivia (Zhu & Reiner-Drehwald, 2004). In a study on recent collections from Uttarakhand, in the western Himalaya, two species of Lejeunea, L. kodamae and L. bidentula have been identified. Both of these species are quite distinct from all the known Indian species of Lejeunea by possessing a bidentate leaf-lobule. Lejeunea kodamae is reported here as a new record for India, while L. bidentula is rediscovered in India after a period of neglect (Mizutani, 1971). These Asiatic species closely resemble each other but distinct differences are evident in perianth, underleaf and leaf-lobule. Lejeunea kodamae Ikegami & Inoue, Jour. Jap. Bot. 36: 7. f .1, 1961. (Figure 1) Type Locality. Japan: Ochigava, Chichibu Mts, Saitama Pref. Plants small, pale green; stem 1.8–2.0 mm long, 50– 60 mm in diameter, leafy shoots 0.7–0.8 mm wide, sparsely or rarely branched; transverse section of stem with 7–9 cortical and 4–7 medullary cells, cortical cells comparatively larger, 18–21610–14 mm, medullary cells 14–1867–12 mm. Leaves imbricate, widely spreading; leaf-lobes ovate or suborbicular, 0.3– 0.4 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide, margin entire, apex Correspondence to: G Asthana, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India. E-mail: drgasthana@yahoo.com rounded; leaf-cells thin walled with indistinct trigones, marginal cells 9–11610–12 mm, median cells 29–35625–29 mm, basal cells 32–40627–30 mm; oilbodies small, 3–6 per cell, spherical, 3–5 mm in diameter; cuticle smooth. Leaf-lobules nearly ovate, inflated, 0.10–0.1860.06–0.09 mm, bidentate, first tooth large, acute, 2–3 cells long and 1–2 cells wide at the base, second tooth small, triangular, consisting of single projecting cell, keel slightly arched, smooth. Underleaves small, ovate, distant, about 2–3 times width of stem, 0.14–0.20 mm long and 0.12–0.17 mm wide, bilobed for about half the length, sinus wide, lobes triangular, obtuse or acute. Autoecious. Male inflorescences usually on the short lateral branch, small, hidden under leaf; male bracts in two pairs; male bracteole limited to the base of inflorescence. Female inflorescence terminal on the main axis, usually with one subfloral innovation; the lobe of female bract slightly larger than the leaf-lobe, oblong to elliptical, 0.5–0.6 mm long and 0.2–0.3 mm wide, bract-lobule ligulate, 0.28–0.36 mm long and 0.07– 0.09 mm wide, female bracteole oblong, 0.36– 0.40 mm and 0.25–0.27 mm wide, bilobed for 1/5–1/ 4 the length, lobes acute, sinus broad; perianth obovate, inflated, 0.5–0.6 mm long and 0.3–0.4 mm broad, weakly 5-keeled, keel rounded and smooth, perianth beak long, up to 4-celled. Seta with 12 peripheral and 4 central cells. Spores irregularly elongated, 33–41619–21 mm, minutely papillose; elaters long, 149–15568–10 mm. Specimen examined. Western Himalaya: Uttarakhand, on way to Mussoorie (near Yamuna bridge); alt. ca 4200 ft, 30 October 2006, Asthana et al., LWU 18961/06. L. kodamae has previously been reported only from Japan and China (Mizutani, 1961; Wu & Lin, 1988; Zhu & So, 2001). The present report extends its range of distribution in Asia. The species is generally corticolous, although in China the species is also epiphyllous (Wu & Lin, 1988; see also Zhu & So, 2001). Sporophytes have been observed in the Indian population and their details are provided for the first time. The Indian population of the species has comparatively small plants (leafy shoot Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 89 Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes Figure 1 Lejeunea kodamae. 1, a portion of plant with female inflorescence (ventral view); 2, a portion of plant with male inflorescence (ventral view); 3–5, crosssections of the stem; 6–8, leaves; 9–11, leaf-lobules; 12, marginal cells of leaf; 13, median cells of leaf; 14, basal cells of leaf; 15, leaf-cells showing oil-bodies; 16–18, underleaves; 19, male branch; 20,21, female bracts; 22, female bracteole; 23, perianth; 24, apical portion of perianth showing beak cells; 25, T. S. of perianth; 26, sporophyte and calyptra; 27, sporophyte; 28, T. S. of seta; 29,30, spores; 31, elater. (All figures drawn from LWU 18961/06.) 1.8–2.0 mm long and 0.7–0.8 mm wide) with the leaflobe (0.3–0.4 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide), underleaf (0.14–0.20 mm long, 0.12–0.17 mm wide), female bracts (0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide) and female bracteole (0.36–0.40 mm long, 0.25–0.27 mm wide) compared to those reported from Japan which have large plants (leafy shoot 5–10 mm long and 0.8–1.0 mm wide) with the leaf-lobe (0.40–0.55 mm long and wide), 90 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 underleaf (0.2–0.25 mm long and wide), female bracts (0.60–0.70 mm long, 0.30–0.35 mm wide) and female bracteole (0.45–0.50 mm long, ¡0.20 mm wide). 2. Lejeunea bidentula Herzog. In: Mazzetti, Symb. Sinic. 5 : 51, f 19, 1930. (Figure 2) Type Locality. Yunnan (China). Plants small, light green to yellowish green; stem up to 5–6 mm long, 90–130 mm in diameter, leafy shoot Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society Bryological notes Figure 2 Lejeunea bidentula. 1, a portion of plant with female inflorescence (ventral view); 2,3, cross-sections of the stem; 4–6, leaves; 7,8, leaf-lobules; 9, marginal cells of leaf; 10, median cells of leaf; 11, basal cells of leaf; 12–15, underleaves; 16,17, female bracts; 18, female bracteole; 19, perianth; 20, apical portion of perianth showing beak cells; 21, T. S. of perianth. (All figures drawn from LWU 18959/06.) 0.8–0.9 mm wide, pinnately branched, transverse section of stem with 8–10 cortical and 9–10 medullary cells, cortical cells comparatively larger, 21–31617–12 mm, medullary cells 12–1968–12 mm. Leaves imbricate, widely spreading, leaf- lobes ovate 0.5–0.6 (–0.8) mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, apex rounded. Leaf-lobules subquadrate, inflated, 0.22–0.3060.14–0.17 mm with two teeth, first tooth large, 3–5 cells long and 2 cells wide at the base, second tooth small, triangular, keel slightly arched, smooth. Leaf-cells thin walled with minute trigones, marginal cells 13–1468–12 mm, median cells 21–36619–27 mm, basal cells 29– 40618–27 mm; cuticle smooth. Underleaves large, ovate to orbicular, distant, about 2–4 times width of stem, 0.3–0.5 mm long and 0.2–0.4 mm wide, bilobed for about 1/4–1/3 (1/5), sinus wide, lobes triangular, obtuse or acute. Dioecious? Male inflorescence not seen. Female inflorescence terminal usually with two subfloral innovations, the lobes of female bracts larger than the leaf-lobe, oblong, 0.9–1.0 mm60.5–0.6 mm; Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 91 Bryological notes Published by Maney Publishing (c) British Bryological Society bract-lobules ligulate, margin entire, female bracteole oblong, 0.5–0.660.2–0.3 mm, bilobed for 1/5–1/4 the length, lobes acute, sinus broad. Perianth oblongobvate, 0.7–0.8 mm long and 0.4–0.5 mm broad, strongly 5-keeled, keel rounded and smooth, perianth beak long up to 7-celled. Specimens examined. Western Himalaya: Uttarakhand, Mussoorie (Kempty Fall); alt. ca 4500 ft, 30 October 2006, Asthana et al., LWU 18959/06, 18970/06. Lejeunea bidentula shows close resemblance to Lejeunea kodamae in having a bidentate leaf-lobule but the former distinctly differs in the size of the plants and underleaves (large) and perianth morphology (sharply 5-keeled and 7 cells long beak). L. bidentula is known from India, Nepal, China (Yunnan) and Bhutan. In India it was reported from Western Himalaya: Mussoorie, Lal Tibba (Mizutani, 1971) but the details of Indian populations were not given, although the Himalayan populations were compared with Chinese material and showed close similarity. The newly discovered Indian plants of L. bidentula exhibit limited morphological variation. The Nepalese material described by Mizutani (1971) has comparatively wide plants (leafy shoots 1.2– 1.5 mm wide) and the stem has 7 cortical and 11 medullary cells. The perianth is slightly larger (0.80– 0.90 mm long, 0.55–0.60 mm wide) in Nepalese plants. The authors are grateful to the Head, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, for providing the facilities and to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, for financial assistance. 92 Journal of Bryology 2011 VOL . 33 NO . 1 Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Nil. References Asthana, G. 2007. 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