New national and regional bryophyte records, 67

• Published in: Journal of Bryology
• Main Authors: Ellis, L. T., Alataş, M., Alvaro Alba, W. R., Charry Giraldo, A. M., Amatov, V., Batan, N., Becerra Infante, D. A., Burghardt, M., Czernyadjeva, I. V., Yu. Kuzmina, E., Doroshina, G. Ya., Erata, H., Garilleti, R., Gradstein, S. R., Jukoniene, I., Karaman Erkul, Seher
• Other Authors: Sabire Yazıcı Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
• Subjects: Red List; Checklist; Turkey; Mosses; Flora; Marchantiophyta; Liverworts; Pottiaceae; Hornworts; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/8939; https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2021.1977517

Bulgaria. Samokov Region, Rila Mountains, Rila National Park, N slopes of peak Deno, on granite slabs and scree, collected with occasional sporophytes, 42.19709°N, 23.60322°E, 2780 m a.s.l, 17 September 2019, leg./det. R. Natcheva s.n. (SOM 9811-B). This arctic-alpine species has a north Holarctic circumpolar distribution and this is the first report of Andreaea blyttii for SE Europe. It is its southernmost locality and extends its range further south in Europe. The Rila Mountains are the highest in the Balkan peninsula and A. blyttii was found near the highest summit (Mussala, 2925 m a.s.l.). In Bulgaria the genus Andreaea is also represented by A. alpestris (Thed.) Schimp. and A. rupestris Hedw., both of which occur in the Rila Mountains.