New Checklist of the Bryophytes of Italy

Where we Come from and where to Go: Six Decades of Botanical Studies in the Mediterranean Wetlands, with Sardinia (Italy) as a Case Study

“…Knowledge of bryophyte and algae species' diversity and distribution is still far lower than that of vascular plants, and the less common studies are mainly concentrated on small or specific areas. According to the checklists of Sardinian (Cogoni et al 1999(Cogoni et al , 2016 and Italian bryophytes (Aleffi et al 2020), Sardinia's bryological patrimony is made up of 498 taxa (399 Bryophyta, 94 Marchantiophyta, and four Anthocerotophyta), around 30% of which inhabit temporary ponds, where both terrestrial and aquatic habitats are presenta transitional characteristic that explains their high biodiversity (Cogoni et al 2016;Filippino 2018). Even less is known about the algae flora of Sardinian wetlands.…”

Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 10

“…In Italy, it was reported for the first time in Lombardia (northern Italy) in the Oglio River, a mid-size and nutrient-rich tributary of the Po River, where a seasonal monitoring study conducted during 2009-2011 revealed that a 40 km stretch hosted three T. hispida populations (Bolpagni et al 2015 Ephemerum recurvifolium is a submediterranean-euryatlantic species quite rare in Europe, where it is considered at risk in many countries (Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020) and listed as Near Threatened in the new IUCN European Red List (Hodgetts et al 2019). In Italy it occurs in five administrative regions, Piemonte, Umbria, Campania, and Sicilia, and was recorded before 1968 in Toscana and Sardegna (Aleffi et al 2020). In the new locality, Ephemerum recurvifolium was found in an apple orchard managed with Integrated Farming practices.…”

“…It is a suboceanic boreo-temperate species, quite rare in the Mediterranean region, where it occurs in some countries as a single record (Ros et al 2013 (Ros et al 2013), growing in a wide range of shady environments, from the basal to the alpine belt (Cortini Pedrotti 2001). Several records from the end of the 19 th century suggest that this species was common in Liguria (Piccone 1863, Fitzgerald and Bottini 1881, Fleischer 1893), but it was no longer recorded for this region (Aleffi et al 2020 Riccia lamellosa was found in a small olive tree grove, two kilometres from the Ionian Sea; the soil was not plowed and was covered by a large amount of mosses. The specimens are characterized by light green rosettes with lobes 2-3 mm wide, lateral wings narrow, hardly distinct, nearly horizontal in old parts; the spores are dark brown, 90-100(110) µm in diameter with wings about 5 µm wide.…”

“…The specimens are characterized by light green rosettes with lobes 2-3 mm wide, lateral wings narrow, hardly distinct, nearly horizontal in old parts; the spores are dark brown, 90-100(110) µm in diameter with wings about 5 µm wide. In Europe the species is widespread in the southern and Mediterranean countries (Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020); in Italy the only Regions where it was found are Trentino-Alto Adige, Toscana, Campania, Sardegna, and Sicilia (Aleffi et al 2020 Sphagnum molle is a suboaceanic-temperate species; it is mostly distributed in northern and central Europe, where it is considered at risk of extinction in many coutries (Hodgetts and Lockhart 2020). It is known in Italy, with reports published after 1950, for Piemonte, Veneto, and Trentino-Alto Adige and, with older records, for Lombardia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Aleffi et al 2008(Aleffi et al , 2020.…”

“…D. Dagnino, C. Turcato (GE B168). -Species confirmed for the flora of Liguria.Pogonatum aloides occurs in most of the Italian regions(Aleffi et al 2020) and Mediterranean countries…”