Orthotrichum laevigatum J. E. Zetterst. ...

• Main Author: Hugonnot, Vincent
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Plantae; Bryophyta; Bryopsida; Orthotrichales; Orthotrichaceae; Orthotrichum; Orthotrichum laevigatum; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12215532; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12215532

Orthotrichum laevigatum J.E. Zetterst. SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — France. Haute-Corse, Corte, gorges de la Restonica, Source de Triggione, on acidic rock outcrops, 4.V.2017, 1650 m a.s.l., V. Hugonnot s.n. Remarks It was growing on granitic vertical rock walls in cold environment with no directly associated bryophytes. It is known from alpine comparable habitats in Western Europe (Maier & Schäfer-Verwimp 1999; Bardat et al. 2013). The Corsican material was fully fertile (presence of mature sporophytes). Orthotrichum laevigatum is a Boreo-Alpine species (Lara & Garilleti 2014) with a disjunct distribution, including western North America, western Europe, and Asia (Ellis et al. 2014). In Europe, it occurs in Italian, French and Swiss Alps, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Sardinia, Spain and Turkey (Lara et al. 2002; Blockeel 2010; Ros et al. 2013; Ellis et al. 2014; Erdag & Kürscher 2017). The species was thoroughly studied in France (Savoie Department) by Bardat et al. (2013). Unfortunately, after revision of ... : Published as part of Hugonnot, Vincent, 2019, New records for the bryophyte flora of Corsica, pp. 153-158 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (14) on page 156, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a14, http://zenodo.org/record/12215529 ...