New records of three moss species ( Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Schistidium antarctici , and Coscinodon lawianus ) from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, Mac.Robertson Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Skotnicki, M. L., Selkirk, P. M., Boger, S. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; East Antarctica; Prince Charles Mountains; Willis; Pedersen; Mac.Robertson Land; Mawson Escarpment; Smirnova; Clemence Massif; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record; Schistidium antarctici
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000186; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000186

ABSTRACT We have used a combination of traditional morphological examination and molecular DNA analysis to characterise 16 moss specimens collected from the Mawson Escarpment and Clemence Massif, exposures of bedrock and glacial debris in the southern Prince Charles Mountains of East Antarctica. The nuclear ribosomal ITS region and the chloroplast rps 4 gene were sequenced and compared with those of other mosses known from coastal East Antarctica. The moss specimens from the southern Prince Charles Mountains were identified as Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) D. T. Holyoak and N. Pedersen, Schistidium antarctici (Cardot) ‘L.I. Savicz & Smirnova’ and Coscinodon lawianus (J.H. Willis) Ochyra. These constitute a new record for S. antarctici in the Prince Charles Mountains, and confirm and extend southwards previous records for P. pseudotriquetrum and C. lawianus in the region.