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A preliminary list of 22 bryophytes growing in the Batumi Botanical garden is provided. From chorological point of view, temperate and boreo-temperate taxa prevail while with regard to ecological behaviour, mesophilous taxa are the most numerous and with respect to light requirements equivalently sciaphilous and eliophilous taxa are represented The mosses Fissidens dubius and Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides are recorded for the first time in Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

& Wilson) Mitt., 19 January 2015, I leg. i H. Bednarek-Ochyra & R. Ochyra I 845/15 & 848/15 i , with V. Plásek (KRAM B-245670 & B-245673); (3) on banks of Río Ñirehuao east of El Gato between Ñirehuao and Villa Mañihuales at Ruta X-423, 512 m a.s.l., 45°13'07"S, 71°45'33"W, on wet muddy soil in stream bed, associated with I Philonotis vagans i , 19 January 2015, I leg. i H. Bednarek-Ochyra & R. Ochyra I 851/15 i , with V. Plásek (KRAM B-245675). It exhibits an amphiatlantic distribution pattern, typical of austral cool-adapted bryophytes (e.g. Ochyra and Lewis Smith [146]; Bednarek-Ochyra and Ochyra [22], [23], [24], [25]; Ochyra et al. [142], [143]; Li S-P et al. [118]; Blockeel, Bednarek-Ochyra et al. [33]; Ellis, Bednarek-Ochyra et al. [68]; Ellis, Bakalin et al. [67]; Ochyra and van Rooy [147]; Ochyra and Bednarek-Ochyra [141]; Ellis, Asthana et al. [65]; Ochyra et al. [145]; Saluga et al. [173]). It was subsequently discovered in the Central and East African mountains (Ochyra [139]), but interestingly, this species had not been described earlier in Africa under different names (Bednarek-Ochyra and Ochyra, [26]). The bryophyte flora of Ethiopia is still understudied and in recent decades a number of liverwort (e.g. Ellis, Aleffi, Asthana, et al. [62]) and moss (e.g. Blockeel, Matcham, et al. [37]; Ochyra and Bednarek-Ochyra [140]; Blockeel, Bednarek-Ochyra, et al. [32]; Ellis, Asthana, et al. [66]) species have been newly found in this country, especially in the Bale Mountains. Herein, the species is recorded from the fourth mountain range in these vast mountains, namely from the Polica Range where the Racomitrioideae are represented by three species of I Niphotrichum i Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra and three species of I Bucklandiella i Roiv. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on several types of bryophytes including Acroschisma wilsonii (Hook.f.) A.Jaeger, Bartramia pomiformis Hedw, and Brachythecium subpilosum (Hook.f. & Wilson) A.Jaeger. Topics mentioned include the development of plant species, the bryophytes diversity, and the clay soil where Fissidens curvatus Hornsch bryophyte grow. Also mentioned was the Buxbaumia viridis (DC.) Moug. & Nestl. bryophyte considered as endangered species.

The article different species of bryophyte species. Topics include Andreaea flexuosa moss flora found in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Monte Buckland, Chile; Atrichum tenellum found in Black Sea coast on wet sandy soil humus in steppe; and Bazzania flaccida herbarium found in alpine grassland with Polytrichum–Sphagnum hummock.

Some interesting moss records in Pollino National Park, noteworthy protected area of the south- ern Apennines, are reported. Among them, Mnium spinosum and Brachythecium tommasinii are new to southern Italian peninsula, Grimmia laevigata, G. montana, G. tergestina, G. trichophyl- la and Orthotrichum pumilum are new to Basilicata region, and, finally, Campylidium sommer- feltii is rare in southern Italy and little known in Mediterranean area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a list of new regional and national bryophytes including the Andreaea flabellata, Bryochenea vestitissima, and Bryum incacorralis, as well as, Diplasiolejeunea involuta, Fissidens crispulus and Ephemerum minutissimum. Information about the contributors and the place where the plants were discovered are provided.

New data on the distribution, biology, intra- and inter-population variability and conservation state of Sicilian populations ofAnacolia webbiiare provided. Two new localities are reported, so that total five fragmented populations occur in the island, all of them in a rather small area in the western part of the province of Palermo. They live on wet limestone or sandstone cliffs with base at 900–1200 m a.s.l. and N, N-NE aspect, within communities ofAceri campestris-Querco-ilicis sigmetum. The plants are particularly vigorous, but some data suggest a condition of vulnerability of the populations. In fact, in addition to specificity to a rare habitat on the island, a morphometric and allozyme analysis showed a very low genetic and morphological diversity. One population (Costa Lunga), showing small morphological differences with respect to the other populations, diverges from this pattern, showing the highest mean number of alleles per locus (1.5), the highest polymorphism (50%) and intra-population diversity (H = 0.249). In one of the larger populations (Mount Kumeta), moreover, a remarkable presence of sterile plants, a paucity of male plants as well as a low production of sporophytes and a high rate of aborted archegonia have been recorded. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sicilian epiphytic bryophyte diversity, based on literature and unpublished data, is assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The total number of taxa found on trees or shrubs is 133 (116 mosses and 17 liverworts). Among them, 38 are customary epiphytic, 21 cortico-saxicolous, 13 are indifferent and 61 occasionally epiphytic taxa. The most represented families are Orthotrichaceae (19.1%), which consists above all of several typically corticicolous species, Pottiaceae (19.1%) and Brachytheciaceae (12.6%) which both include many taxa that mainly colonize rock or ground substrates. From the chorological point of view, temperate taxa (33.8%) prevail, followed by oceanic-Mediterranean taxa (22.6%). An analysis of variations in species diversity along an altitudinal gradient (0-2000 m a.s.l.) shows that the number of taxa is more elevated between 800 and 1100 m. This range is especially rich in customary epiphytes. The geographical distribution of taxa highlights that the majority of taxa is found on main mountainous systems, bryoflora of which also has a high degree of diversification. The northern ranges of the Madonie and Nebrodi are particularly rich territories; however, some isolated mounts also present a considerable species diversity. These areas, therefore, are of notable interest for the conservation of epiphytic bryophytes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]