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Mosses of the Mediterranean, an annotated checklist 237[247] According to Köckinger et al. (2010), records of Oxystegus hibernicus from France(Vosges Mts.) by Frahm (1991) and probably also by Werner (1993) are erroneous.Not only does the description of the habit of this plant by Frahm not match that ofO. hibernicus, but also the DNA sequence of a sample collected at the same waterfallby M. Lüth proved to belong to O. tenuirostris var. holtii.[248] Bryum inclinatum var. therioti (H. Philib.) Podp. nom. inval. (= Bryum theriotiiH. Philib.) has been reported from France but its identity is unknown. If it representsa valid taxon, then a new combination under Ptychostomum archangelicum may berequired.[249] Rhabdoweisia fugax var. subintegrifolia (Boulay) E. Lawton (= Weissia fugax var.subintegrifolia Boulay) has been reported from France.[250] The identity of Schistidium apocarpum var. teretinervioides Meyl. remains unknown.Blom (1996) stated that he could not study the type, and Meylan’s material in LAUnamed var. teretinervioides by him belongs to S. crassipilum (2 specimens) andS. brunnescens subsp. griseum. According to the description in the protologue, thetype material may well belong to either of these taxa. Interestingly S. brunnescenssubsp. griseum has been collected at 1600 m altitude on Mt Chasseron (the typelocality of S. apocarpum var. teretinervioides).[251] Weissia rutilans var. subgymnostoma Limpr. (= W. mucronata var. subgymnostoma(Limpr.) Dixon) and W. rutilans var. hillieri Meylan were reported from France.[252] Shaw (1987) cited Brachymenium paradoxum from Greece, but the three localitiescited (all the known collections of this species) are from the Republic of Macedonia.[253] Cinclidotus danubicus was reported from Greece by Tsakiri & Babalonas (2002), butthe record was based on inconclusive material (Tsakiri, pers. comm.).[254] Fissidens asplenioides was doubtfully reported as Fissidens ligulatus from Greece(Rhodes) by Düll (1995d).[255] Hypnum cupressiforme var. subjulaceum Molendo was doubtfully reported fromGreece (Thasos) by Damm & Düll (1995).[256] The record of Plagiomnium cuspidatum from Greece in Blockeel (2001) wascorrected to P. affine by Blockeel (2010).[257] Polytrichum strictum is listed for Greece by Düll (1995e), citing Gams (1960).However no reference to this species has been found in Gams (1960).[258] Pterygoneurum lamellatum was reported doubtfully for Greece by Düll (1995e).[259] The report of Ptychostomum archangelicum (= Bryum inclinatum) by Grisebach(1844) must be disregarded for Greece because it may not have been collected withinGreek territory. Furthermore, it is not certain that Grisebach’s report refers to thespecies as currently understood.[260] The report of Racomitrium microcarpon (Hedw.) Brid. in Greece by Sibthorp &Smith (1816) was based on a specimen of Grimmia muehlenbeckii, det. H.N. Dixon(Preston, 1984).[261] The report of Schistidium rivulare (Brid.) Podp. in Greece (Tsakiri & Babalonas,2002) is erroneous (Tsakiri, pers. comm.). The earlier report by Coppey (1907) couldbelong to S. rivulare or S. platyphyllum.[262] Sciuro-hypnum curtum was listed for Greece by Preston (1984) as Brachytheciumcurtum (Lindb.) Limpr. and by Düll (1995e) as Brachythecium oedipodium, based onthe record of Hypnum rutabulum var. explanatum by Bory de Saint-Vincent (1832).The type of this last name is a synonym of Brachythecium rutabulum (Piippo, 1983),although in practice the epithet “explanatum” has been in common use for the speciesthat has been called B. curtum in Europe (see also annotation 85). It is impossible toknow which species is meant by Bory de Saint-Vincent’s report and it should bedisregarded.