Oleolophozia perssonii L. Soderstr., De Roo & Hedd.

• Main Authors: Erata, Hüseyin, Özen, Öznur, Batan, Nevzat, Alataş, Mevlüt
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Plantae; Marchantiophyta; Jungermanniopsida; Jungermanniales; Cephaloziellaceae; Oleolophozia; Oleolophozia perssonii; Greenland; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12215368; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD8F369327FFAD4B2E4C29FD12FBDF

Oleolophozia perssonii (H.Buch & S.W.Arnell) L.Söderstr., De Roo & Hedd. (Fig. 2) SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Turkey (Giresun province). Dereli district, Kümbet plateau, Başoba, 40°31’48”N, 38°29’01”E, 2000-2050 m, 10.VII.2019, leg. H. Erata, M. Alataş and N. Batan, KTUB[KTUB 1606]. ECOLOGY. — Oleophozia perssonii grows on chalk, limestone or basic soil in open habitats (Smith, 1990). In addition, it is found in green patches or mixed with other bryophytes on other calcareous substrates (Frey et al. 2006). Turkish specimens collected in Kümbet plateau, in alpine meadow vegetation, near a stream, on chalk and basic moist soil in open habitats, together with Brachythecium rivulare Schimp., Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeske, Rhizomnium punctatum (Bruch & Schimp.) T.J.Kop., Climacium dendroides (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr. and Pellia epiphylla (L.) Corda. DISTRIBUTION. — Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Britain, Ireland, Andorra, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Estonia, North Russia); America (Canada, Greenland and Alaska); Asia (Georgia, Siberia) (Smith 1996; Paton 1999; Frey et al. 2006; Bakalin & Tigishvili 2013; Dulin 2013; Hodgetts 2015; Söderström et al . 2015, 2016; Hodgetts et al . 2019). DESCRIPTION Plants Small, up to 5 mm long, pale green to bright yellow-green, sometimes brownish. Stems, simple or branched, green to reddish-brown. Leaves Yellowish-green or green, 1-1.2 mm long and 0.7-1 mm wide, bifid and asymmetrical. Cells 20-32 ×30-70 µm, thin walled, trigones absent or small, oil bodies 4-10 per cell. Underleaves Lacking. Shoots With apical clusters of yellowish red gemmae, 1-2 celled with one cell larger than the other, one or both cells with 1-2 large and often several smaller oil bodies. REMARKS Since Lophozia perssonii H.Buch & S.W.Arnell is shown to be very different from other taxa belonging to the Lophozia genus, it was transferred to a new monotypic genus, Oleolophozia L.Söderstr., De Roo & Hedd. based on molecular ...