Physcomitrium eurystomum and Pohlia proligera, new mosses in the bryophyte flora of Serbia

Abstract

Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn. and Pohlia proligera (Kindb.) Lindb. ex Broth. were recently discovered as new moss species for the bryophyte flora of Serbia. Both species were recorded in the Vlasina Lake area, a large highland wetland plateau in southeastern Serbia

Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn., a new moss species in the bryophyte flora of Montenegro

“…So far the species has been reported in 22 European countries (Papp et al 2013, ECCB 2016, while in 15 it has a defined status category: Endangered in Great Britain (Hodgetts 2011) and Hungary (Papp et al 2010); Highly Endangered in Austria (ECCB 2016); Vulnerable in Germany (ECCB 2016), the Czech Republic (Kučera and Váňa 2003), Slovakia (Šoltés et al 2002), Switzerland (BAFU 2011), and Estonia (Ingerpuu et al 2018); Threatened in Belarus (Maslovsky 2005), Belgium (ECCB 2016), Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey (Sabovljević et al 2001); Susceptible in the Netherlands (ECCB 2016) and Data Deficient in Slovenia (Martinčić 2016). In the Balkan peninsula, the species is reported in Serbia (Papp et al 2013), Bulgaria, and Slovenia (Sabovljević et al 2008), but due to the presence of similar habitat types in other parts of the peninsula, new records are expected. More recently, the P. eurystomum was included on the European Red List of Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts (Hodgetts et al 2019), within the following IUCN Red List Categories: Europe VU B2b(ii,iii)c(iii,iv) and EU 28 (28 European Union countries) EN B2b(ii,iii)c(iii,iv).…”

“…Although, this temperate-tropical example of bryophyte flora (Dierßen 2001) is distributed across Europe, tropical Africa, and southern, southeastern and southwestern parts of Asia, its populations are rather scattered (Porley 2013, Hodgetts 2015). The European scope of the range includes: to the north Denmark, to the west Great Britain, in the south France and Italy, in central areas Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland, in the southeast Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey, and in the east Belarus, the Crimea, Latvia, northwest Russia and Ukraine (Papp et al 2013, ECCB 2016. In the majority of these countries it has a defined status category, and it was recently included in the European Red List of Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts (Hodgetts et al 2019).…”

Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn. (Funariaceae: Bryophyta) and Splachnobryum obtusum (Brid.) Müll. Hal. (Splachnobryaceae: Bryophyta), two rare moss species from the Western Ghats of Kerala

“…During our recent bryofloristic exploration in the high-altitude regions of Idukki District in the Western Ghats of Kerala, one moss species of Funariaceae was collected, and was identified as Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn. This is a widely distributed species in the montane temperate and tropical areas of Europe; tropical Africa; southern, southeastern, & southwestern parts of Asia; and northeastern part of Montenegro; but reported as of scattered occurrence (Dierßen 2001;Papp et al 2013;Porley 2013;Hodgetts 2015;Stešević et al 2020). Hodgetts et al (2019) included this species in the European Red List of Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts.…”

<I>Pohlia leucostoma</I> (Bryaceae): A New Addition to Indian Bryoflora

“…Important characteristics of the plants of this section are: leaves erectopatent, lanceolate and denticulate at apex, leaf cells linear, rhomboidal at apex and short rectangular at base; in some species globose or vermicular gemmae are present at leaf axils; capsules inclined to pendulous, operculum short and conical (Gangulee 1974, Shaw 1981. Various workers have also provided details of genus Pohlia from other countries (Lawton, 1971;Crum & Anderson, 1981;Suanjak & Koeckinger, 1993;Churchill, 2000;Kucera & Vana, 2003;Papp & al., 2013;Printarakul & al., 2013, Ros & al., 2013. During recent investigation of the bryoflora of Govind Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Himalaya (Fig.…”