The Moss Adelothecium bogotense in Continental Africa, with a Review of Its World Range

New national and regional bryophyte records, 35

“…The present discovery of this species in Central Africa changes its phytogeographical status and makes it a classical AfroAmerican species. This distribution pattern is well known among mosses (Ochyra et al, 1992;Ellis et al, 2012a) and was discussed in detail with regard to liverworts by Gradstein et al (1983). These authors recognised three main categories of Afro-American species and the largest group consisted of tropical species, which was subsequently subdivided into three subelements.…”

A new species, Bryobrothera tambuyukonensis (Daltoniaceae, Bryopsida), from Sabah, Borneo Island

“…2.0 mm long), (2) totally plane lamina, (3) short rectangular to hexagonal upper and median laminal cells, (4) slight mamillation on laminal cells, (5) slender costa not reaching near leaf apices, and (6) short 3-4 cells axillary hairs (Akiyama et al 2003). While, Adelothecium bogotense differs from the Sabah plant in the features, such as (1) presence of microphyllous and gemmiferous tips of secondary stems bearing clusters of minute gemmae, (2) broadly ovate to obovate, rounded or rounded-obovate leaves, (3) totally plane lamina, and (4) nearly isodiametric upper lamina cells (Ochyra et al 1992, Whittemore & Allen 1989.…”

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“…Frahm, 1982;Buck & Griffin III, 1984;Ochyra et al, 1992Ochyra et al, , 2000Ochyra et al, , 2002Delgadillo, 1993;Orbá n, 2000;Ochyra & Ireland, 2004;Suárez & Schiavone, 2008;Wilbraham & Matcham, 2010) and liverworts (Gradstein, 2013), Rosulabryum huillense proved to be an AfroAmerican species, widely distributed but scattered in the Neotropics, including Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (Ochi, 1981). However, it should rather be considered as a pantropical species because it was also recorded from Mt.…”