Bryophyte Check-list of Murcia Province (Southeastern Spain)

  1. Cano Bernabé, María Jesús
  2. Jiménez Fernández, Juan Antonio
  3. Gallego Morales, María Teresa
  4. Ros Espín, Rosa María
  5. Guerra Montes, Juan
Journal:
Anales de biología

ISSN: 1138-3399 1989-2128

Year of publication: 2004

Issue: 26

Pages: 117-155

Type: Article

More publications in: Anales de biología

Abstract

A check-list of the bryophytes of Murcia province is provided. Bryophyte diversity in Murcia consists of 200 taxa (74 genera) of mosses and 32 taxa (20 genera) of liverworts. Pseudocrossidium obtusulum is reported as new to the Iberian Peninsula. A total of 30 taxa are new record from Murcia: Acaulon casasianum, Astomum levieri, Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum, Crossidium laevipilum, Entosthodon convexus, Grimmia dissimulata, Gymnostomum lanceolatum, Hedwigia ciliata, Orthotrichum affine, O. pumilum, O. scanicum, O. schimperi, O. striatum, O. tenellum, O. tortidontium, O. vittii, Philonotis fontana, Pleuridium acuminatum, Pohlia cruda, Pterygoneurum subsessile, Rhynchostegiella tenella, Schistidium crassipilum, Schistidium singarense, Syntrichia virescens, Tortula canescens, T. mucronifolia, Weissia brachycarpa, W. condensa var. armata, Athalamia hyalina, and Jungermannia atrovirens. Thirty eight taxa (33 mosses and 5 liverworts) are excluded from the checklist or represent doubtful reports for Murcia.