Kiaeria pumila Ochyra 1993

• Main Authors: Ivanets, Viktoria, Wierzgoń, Mariusz, Yevchun, Hanna, Parnikoza, Ivan
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Plantae; Bryophyta; Bryopsida; Dicranales; Dicranaceae; Kiaeria; Kiaeria pumila; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Hovgaard Island; Wilhelm Archipelago
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10624546; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03816F5BD00F950EFEFFFB34CC06F95D

Kiaeria pumila (Mitt.) Ochyra SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Antarctica . West Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Coast, Wilhelm Archipelago, in the north-eastern part of Hovgaard Island, 65°07’15”S, 64°04’07”W, alt. 30 m a.s.l., on rock surface above the moss bank, 20.II.2019, Ivanets 52a/19 (KRAM [B-260628]); Ivanets 52b/19 ([B-260629]); same area, in the lower part of the exposed rocky buttress in the company of bryophyte species growing in the immediate vicinity, including Polytrichastrum alpinum , Sanionia georgicouncinata , Andreaea regularis , Pohlia nutans and Barbilophozia hatcheri , 12.II.2022, Parnikoza 13/22 (KRAM [B-262838]); same island, 65°07’14”S, 64°04’08”W, alt. 30 m a.s.l., at the base of the exposed rocky buttress together with Pohlia nutans and Lophozia excisa (Dicks.) Dumort. growing in the close proximity, 12.II.2022, Parnikoza 07/22 (KRAM [B-262844]); same island, 65°07’14”S, 64°04’05”W, alt. 30 m a.s.l., on exposed rock surface above the moss bank associated with Andreaea regularis , Hymenoloma crispulum and Bucklandiella sudetica , 12.II.2022, Parnikoza 04/22 (KRAM [B-262848]). REMARKS On Hovgaard Island Kiaeria pumila was found at three sites close to each other in the vegetated north-facing oasis covered mainly by Polytrichum strictum Brid. moss bank in the north-eastern part of this island. Some were collected from rock outcrop surfaces inclined near 40° in lower, wetter and shadowed parts, in association with Andreaea regularis and Sanionia georgicouncinata . In higher, more exposed and sunny parts Hymenoloma crispulum and Bucklandiella sudetica also occur. Sometimes cushions of K. pumila occur on moss carpets dominated by Brachythecium austrosalebrosum (Müll. Hall) Kindb., Pohlia nutans and Sanionia georgicouncinata and together with Lophozia excisa and Barbilophozia hatcheri, situated in depressions between stands of a moss bank of Polytrichum strictum Menzies ex Brid. and Chorisodontium aciphyllum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Broth. with small turves of Pohlia nutans and Polytrichastrum alpinum . ...