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Syntrichia echinata (Schiffn.) Herrnst. & Ben-Sasson (Pottiaceae, Bryopsida) new to Italy

Patrizia CAMPISI, María Teresa GALLEGO & Maria Grazia LO RE

en Cryptogamie, Bryologie 27 (3) - Pages 383-386

Publié le 28 juillet 2006

Syntrichia echinata (Schiffn.) Herrnst. & Ben-Sasson (Pottiaceae, Bryopsida) new to Italy

Syntrichia echinata (Schiffn.) Herrnst. & Ben-Sasson, previously known in Europe only from Crete and Greece, is reported for the first time in Italy. It has been collected at Rocca Busambra in northern Sicily. Outside Europe, this Mediterranean montane species is distributed in south-western Asia. The principal distinctive characters that separate it from other Syntrichia species with pedicellate papillae, such as S. minor, S. papillosissima and S. subpapillosissima are discussed.


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