Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Pottiaceae), a moss genus and species newly discovered in the southern polar regions

International audience Hymenostylium recurvirostrum is recorded from Île de la Possession in the Îles Crozet archipelago. This is the first record of the genus Hymenostylium from the Subantarctic. The local plants of the species are characterised and their ecology is discussed. Global distribution o...

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Published in:Herzogia
Main Authors: Ochyra, Ryszard, Sollman, Philip, Lebouvier, Marc
Other Authors: Polish Academy of Science, Inst Bot, Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), St Anna Parochie, Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Polish National Centre of Science through grant No. N N 303 469 338; Program 136 ECOBIO of IPEV
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2015
Subjects:
envir
geo
Îles Crozet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.13158/heia.28.2.2015.599
https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01276037
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Summary:International audience Hymenostylium recurvirostrum is recorded from Île de la Possession in the Îles Crozet archipelago. This is the first record of the genus Hymenostylium from the Subantarctic. The local plants of the species are characterised and their ecology is discussed. Global distribution of H. recurvirostrum is reviewed and a map of its range in the Southern Hemisphere is presented. The current state of knowledge of the moss flora of Îles Crozet is briefly discussed.

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