&lt;strong&gt;Bryophytes of Uganda. 2. New and interesting records&lt;/strong&gt;

New synonyms and distribution records are presented for the genera Macromitrium Brid. and Macrocoma (Hornsch. ex Mü ll.Hal.) Grout. Macromitrium seemannii Mitt., Macromitrium macropelma Mü ll.Hal. and Macromitrium nitidum Hook. f. & Wilson are placed in synonymy with Macromitrium microstomum (Hook. & Grev.) Schwä gr. This species is recorded as new to Malawi. Macromitrium scleropodium Besch. is synonymized with Macromitrium orthostichum Nees ex Schwä gr. Macrocoma orthotrichoides (Raddi) Wijk & Margad. is recorded as new to Africa (Uganda).

“…It has also been reported from Uganda (Porley et al, 1999) and recorded as Macromitrium scleropodium from the East African Islands, Cameroon, Gabon and Zaire (O'Shea, 2003 Figure 3.…”

Section: Distributionmentioning

confidence: 60%

Taxonomic notes on the pantropical generaMacromitriumandMacrocoma(Bryopsida: Orthotrichaceae)

Wilbraham¹

2007

“…On schistose rock cliffs along river. This is only the third record of this species from Africa, where it is otherwise known from one other Rwandan locality (Sollman, 1993) and from a single locality in Uganda (Porley et al, 1999). At the site reported here, the species was abundant, forming large cushions that had often coalesced into extensive turf, on rock faces and in crevices of highly mineralized schist.…”

Section: Scopelophila Ligulata (Spruce) Sprucementioning

confidence: 62%

New and additional moss records for Rwanda

Hedderson

Bizuru

Mujawamariya

et al. 2013

Orbán, S. 2000. Calymperes venezuelanum, a newly discovered African-American disjunct element in the flora of Madagascar. Bryologist, 103(1): 145-6. O'Shea, B.J. 1993. British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 2. Checklist of Malawi bryophytes. Journal of Bryology, 17(4): 645-70. O'Shea, B.J. 2006. Checklist of the mosses of sub-Saharan Africa (version 5, 12/06). Tropical Bryology Research Report, 6: 1-252. Paris, E.G. 1905. Index bryologicus sive enumeratio muscorum ad diem ultimam anni 1900 cognitorum adjunctis synonymia distributioneque geographica locupletissimis. Vol. 4. Edn. 2. Paris: Librarie scientifique A. Hermann. Paton, J.A. 1965. Lophocolea semiteres (Lehm.) Mitt. and Telaranea murphyae sp. nov. established on Tresco. Transactions of the British Bryological Society, 4(5): 775-9. Paton, J.A. 1999. The liverwort flora of the British Isles. Colchester: Harley Books. Perold, S.M. 1995. A survey of the Ricciaceae of tropical Africa. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica, 40(1): 53-91. Phiri, P.S.M. & Ochyra, R. 1985. A preliminary account of the mosses of Zambia. Journal of Bryology, 15(1): 177-97.

“…This is evident in the discovery of Asiatic taxa on a few offshore islands (O'Shea, 1997(O'Shea, , 2000 and on the African mainland itself: work on the Uganda flora (Porley et al, 1999) has also identified the presence in Africa of the Asian Papillidiopsis complanata (Dixon) W.R.Buck & B.C.Tan. Only the small genus Donnellia, not recorded from Malawi, is known from America and Africa, but not from Asia.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi. 17 Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida): Part 1

O'Shea¹,

Tan²

2006

The family Sematophyllaceae is a difficult family to treat in Africa because of the large number of species described without any subsequent revision or monography and, despite the many collections mentioned in this paper, only two species had previously been identified from Malawi. A total of four species in four genera (Gammiella, Mracrohymenium, Radulina and Wijkia) are recorded in this paper, all but one new to Malawi. The two remaining genera (Sematophyllum and Trichosteleum) present additional difficulties of identification, and will be dealt with separately.