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248 R.M. Ros, V. Mazimpaka et al.[404] Muñoz (1998) did not accept Grimmia sessitana De Not. and considered it togetherwith its synonyms (G. alpestris var. sessitana (De Not.) I. Hagen, G. anceps Boulay,G. sessitana var. subsulcata Limpr., G. subcaespiticia Schiffn., Grimmia subsulcataLimpr., and Grimmia tenerrima Renauld & Cardot) within the concept ofG. reflexidens Müll. Hal. This criterion was adopted in Hill et al. (2006) and also inthis checklist, altough Greven (2011) considers G. sessitana a distinct species that ispresent throughout the study area in Andorra, Bulgaria, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia,and Spain.[405] The proposal of Ochyra et al. (2003) of segregating the Campylium hispidulumcomplex (represented in the Mediterranean region by C. calcareum andC. sommerfeltii) from the genus Campylophyllum (Hypnaceae) (represented in theMediterranean by C. halleri) and including the species of the mentioned complex inthe genus Campylidium (Amblystegiaceae) has received molecular support in thestudies of Gardiner et al. (2005) and Ignatov et al. (2007). Therefore this treatment ishere followed.[406] Didymodon verbanus (W.E. Nicholson & Dixon) Loeske (= Eucladium verbanumW.E. Nicholson & Dixon), known in the studied area from northern Italy, was treatedby Jiménez (2006b) as a synonym of D. glaucus. This criterion was followed in Hillet al. (2006) and also here, although Kuªera (2000) considered it a different species.[407] All occurrences of the epithet “durieui”, and combinations based on, need to bechanged to “duriaei”, because this is the original spelling and it does not seem to be anorthographic error that would have been corrected in the sense of Art. 60.1 and60.3 of ICBN.[408] The molecular studies of Gardiner et al. (2005) and Ignatov et al. (2007) onLeskeaceae s.l., suggest that the genera Pseudoleskea and Ptychodium, that aresometimes separated from Lescuraea should be placed within the latter genus andexcluded from Leskeaceae. Of the species present in the Mediterranean, onlyPseudoleskea artariae (= Pseudoleskeopsis artariae (Thér.) Thér.) has not beenstudied at molecular level, therefore its generic assignement is still uncertain and ithas been maintained in this paper in Pseudoleskea as Hill et al. (2006) proposed.[409] According to Vanderpoorten et al. (2003) Leucobrym albidum and L. juniperoideumshould be treated as synonyms, although this was not followed by Hill et al. (2006).[410] Bell & Hyvönen (2010) observed in a phylogenetic study that the species ofPolytrichastrum sect. Aporotheca (represented in the Mediterranean area byP. formosum, P. longisetum and P. pallidisetum) should be reinstated in Polytrichum.[411] According to a molecular and morphological study carried out by Hedenäs &Rosborg (2008), the Pseudocalliergon species should be moved to Drepanocladus.[412] Hedenäs (2006) transferred the dioicous species of Warnstorfia (represented in theMediterranean by W. exannulata and W. sarmentosa) to Sarmentypnum based onthe results of that paper and those previously published by Hedenäs et al. (2005).[413] Anoectangium angustifolium Mitt. (= Anoectangium compactum var. madeirenseGeh., Anoectangium madeirense Schimp. nom. inval. in synon.) reported from theAzores, Canary Islands, France, and Madeira was synonymized with A. aestivum byDirkse et al. (1993) based on the overlapping observed between both species.Nevertheless, recent unpublished molecular data support the distinction of bothspecies (Kuªera, pers. comm.).[414] Barbula bescherellei Sauerb. was reported from Egypt in the unpublished Master ofScience Thesis of Mansi (1988) and compiled by El-Saadawi et al. (1999). As thistaxon was described from America, its occurrence in Egypt is unlikely. It wassynonymized with Didymodon rigidulus by Zander (1981), but the concept ofthis author at that time was extremely broad and does not correspond with thepresent one.