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Mosses of the Mediterranean, an annotated checklist 231[164] According to González-Mancebo et al. (2008a) the presence of Grimmia donniana inthe Canary Islands requires confirmation.[165] Philonotis caespitosa var. caespitosa and var. aristata Loeske were reported fromthe Canary Islands. Philonotis fontana var. syriaca (Lorentz) Paris (= Philonotiscaespitosa var. syriaca Lorentz) was reported from Syria. Two other infraspecificnames in the genus Philonotis that have been cited from the Mediterranean regionare: Philonotis calcarea fo. junior Braun-Blanquet nom. nud. from Morocco andPhilonotis laxissima var. gemmiclada Bizot nom. nud. from Egypt, althoughP. laxissima is at present considered synonymous with P. hastata.[166] Pseudorhynchostegiella duriaei (= Rhynchostegiella duriaei (Mont.) P. Allorge &Perss.) and Rhynchostegiella curviseta were excluded from the Canary Islands byDirkse & Bouman (1995) after revision of the specimens, which they re-identified asR. litorea. They also excluded Rhynchostegiella tenella from the Canary Islands.[167] Schistidium confertum was reported from the Canary Islands by Blockeel (2002) butby mistake it was not included in Losada-Lima et al. (2004) nor in González-Manceboet al. (2008a).[168] Sciuro-hypnum populeum was excluded from the Canary Islands by González-Mancebo et al. (2008a), after a revision of the reported specimens.[169] Tortella fragilis was excluded from the Canary Islands by Dirkse & Losada-Lima(2011) based on a revision of the only previous report. They stated that it had beenconfused with Tortella alpicola.[170] Acaulon piligerum was reported provisionally from Crete by Düll & Düll-Hermanns(1973), but the record was subsequently corrected to Tortula acaulon var. pilifera(= Phascum cuspidatum var. piliferum ) by Düll (1995e).[171] Barbula enderesii was reported from Crete by Nicholson (1907b) but the specimenwas redetermined by Laflin (1973) as Tortella inflexa.[172] The occurrence of Ceratodon purpureus subsp. stenocarpus in Greece requiresconfirmation. Blockeel (1991) reported sterile specimens that could not be confirmedin the absence of sporophytes. Records of C. conicus from Crete could also belong toC. purpureus subsp. stenocarpus.[173] Didymodon cordatus was reported from Crete by Werner (1998), but the record wassubsequently withdrawn as an error (Werner, 2008).[174] Material of Oncophorus from western Crete was reported as O. virens by Gradstein(1970) and Frahm et al. (1998), and as O. wahlenbergii by Corley (1979). This materialis probably referable to the recently described O. dendrophilus (Hedderson &Blockeel, 2006).[175] Seligeria recurvata var. pumila C. Hartman, at present considered a synonym ofSeligeria diversifolia Lindb., was recorded from Crete by Düll & Düll-Hermanns(1973) but the record was subsequently corrected to S. calycina by Düll (1995e).[176] The record of Tortula lindbergii from Crete as Tortula lanceola R.H. Zander cited byDüll (1966) is noted as unconfirmed (‘unbestätigt’) by Düll (1979).[177] The record of T. viridifolia from Crete by Nicholson (1907b) was redetermined asT. pallida by Laflin (1973).[178] The specimen of Anacolia webbii from Cyprus reported by Townsend (1965) wasdetermined as A. menziesii by García-Zamora et al. (1998b).[179] Grimmia alpestris was listed for Cyprus by Koppe (1976), but he included G. ungeriJur. in his concept of G. alpestris.[180] Grimmia decipiens was reported from Cyprus by Koppe (1976) but Greven (1994a)considered these reports as doubtful.