New national and regional bryophyte records, 61

Bryoerythrophyllum alpigenum (Bryophyta, Pottiaceae) confirmed in the moss flora of Poland, with a review of the nomenclatural issues associated with this species name

“…Finally, the information on the occurrence of Bryoerythrophyllum alpigenum in Australia and/ or Tasmania also sometimes appears in the literature (e.g. Savicz-Lyubitskaya & Smirnova, 1970 with a question mark; Li et al, 2001;Tsegmed, 2010;Ellis et al, 2019). It is very enigmatic because this species is not mentioned in any catalogues of Australian and/or Tasmanian mosses (Streimann & Curnow, 1989;Dalton et al, 1991;Streimann & Klazenga, 2002).…”

“…However, this record was questioned by Abramova and Abramov (1980), who stated that one voucher specimen studied correctly represented B. recurvirostrum, thus making occurrence of B. alpigenum in the area dubious (Afonina, 2004). Currently in Russian Asia, this species is known from Siberia including Taimyr (Fedosov et al, 2015), Yakutia (Ivanova et al, 2005), the Altai Mountains (Fedosov & Ignatova, 2008), the Eastern Sayan Mountains in Buryatia (Afonina, 2009), the Western Sayan Mountains in the Republic of Khakasia (Ellis et al, 2019) and from a highly disjunct station on Iturup Island in the Southern Kurils in the Russian Far East (Fedosov & Ignatova, 2008). Additionally, the literature records show B. alpigenum as being known from Mongolia (Tsegmed, 2010), the Sino-Himalayan region (Xizang, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces) and Shaanxi province in China (Li et al, 2001) as well as the Eastern Himalaya in India (Lal, 2005) and Pakistan (Higuchi & Nishimura, 2003).…”

New European Discovery of Splachnum pensylvanicum (Bryophyta, Splachnaceae) in Lithuania, with Taxonomic Notes and a Review of Its World Distribution

“…The best example is Lithuania, which has relatively poor moss flora because of the natural conditions prevailing in this small country, especially the lack of natural rock outcrops. In 2003, some 335 species have been recorded in Lithuania [59], but since then no fewer than 20 species have been added, including the present record of Splachnum pensylvanicum [60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67].…”

Land of retreating glaciers – checklist of liverworts on Svalbard

“…Only a part of the specimens has been identified but annotated lists of species of vicinity of Barentsburg, Nordenskiöld Land (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2008b), north coast of Murchisonfjorden, Gustav V Land on Nordaustlandet (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2012), the Barents Island (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2018) and Prins Karls Forland (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2020a) have been published. Findings of new and rare species for some districts of Svalbard have been published (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2008a;Konstantinova et al, 2014), particularly from the vicinity of the Pyramiden, Dickson Land (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2008c), Bockfjorden, Haakon VII Land (Konstantinova & Savchenko, 2006), and Nordaustlandet including some that recently have been described from the other parts of Arctic, e.g., Lophozia fuscovirens (Ellis et al, 2019c).…”