Schistidium deceptionense, A New Moss Species from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Ryszard Ochyra, Halina Bednarek-Ochyra, Ronald I. Lewis Smith
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The American Bryological and Lichenological Society 2003
• Subjects: Alar; Antarctic; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745(2003)106[569:SDANMS]2.0.CO;2

Schistidium is the richest moss genus in the Antarctic consisting of twelve species, one of which, S. deceptionense Ochyra, Bednarek-Ochyra, & Lewis Smith, is here described as new to science from the volcanic Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago in the northern maritime An...