Bryological Monograph An annotated checklist of the mosses of ...

MOSSES OF EUROPE AND MACARONESIA 22939. The poorly known Macaronesian endemic Funariafritzei is treated by Losada-Lima, Dirkse &Rodríguez-Núñez (2001) as a synonym ofEntosthodon krausei. It needs further elucidation.40. Entosthodon schimperi Brugués is a new name forthe moss described by Schimper as Funaria durieui.The epithet durieui is not available in Entosthodon.The species has been found in Portugal, Spain andthe Canary Islands (Brugués, Dirkse & Sérgio,2001).41. Entosthodon mouretii was reported from Spain byBrugués et al. (1999).42. Funaria maireana Copp., from Greece, is too poorlyknown to be included in the checklist. F. anomala Jur.and Funaria handelii Schiffn. (Entosthodon handelii(Schiffn.) Laz.) are listed for Turkey by Kürschner &Erdağ (2005).43. Goffinet & Buck (2004) placed Goniomitrium inPottiales on the basis of a molecular study byGoffinet & Cox (2000). However, the followingmorphological features favour Funariales: laminalcells smooth, large and thin-walled; stomata withsimple guard cells; calyptra mitriform.44. Fife & Seppelt (2001) expressed doubts about thedistinctness of Goniomitrium seroi from the AustralianG. acuminatum Hook. & Wilson. A fuller study ofAustralian and Spanish material is required beforethese two species can be treated as synonyms.45. Physcomitrium eurystomum subsp. acuminatum istreated as a species in the Polish checklist (Ochyraet al., 2003) but as a synonym of subsp. eurystomum inthe alpine countries from which it was described.46. For synonymy of Pyramidula tetragona see Brugués,Casas & Belmonte (1998).47. For synonymy of Oedipodiella australis see Brugués(2003).48. Bryoxiphium madeirense was described from Madeiraby Löve & Löve (1953) but ignored by Corley et al.(1981) and Corley & Crundwell (1991). It is listed byEggers (1982), Düll (1992) and Dierssen (2001).49. Coscinodon humilis was described from Europe, butlargely ignored by European authors although recognizedin Japan; European plants lack capsules(Greven, 1995).50. For typification of Grimmia alpestris, see Muñoz(1997).51. According to Maier (2002a), Grimmia limprichtii is asynonym of G. tergestina. However, Greven (2000)treats it as distinct.52. Grimmia donniana var. curvula is homotypic with G.arenaria.53. Grimmia capillata, originally described from Sardinia,was generally treated as a variety of G. crinita duringthe 20th century. Both Greven (1995) and Muñoz &Pando (2000) recognize it at species rank.54. Grimmia curviseta was described from Tenerife byBouman (1991).55. Grimmia dissimulata was described from Cyprus byMaier (2002b), who also listed localities from Turkey,Syria and southern and western Europe.56. Dryptodon incurvus is homotypic with Grimmia elatior.57. Grimmia funalis var. calvescens is homotypic with G.funalis f. epilifera J.E.Zetterst., a heterotypic synonymof G. funalis.58. Although the name Grimmia retracta remains to betypified, it is now treated as a synonym of G. lisae bySmith (2004).59. Grimmia muehlenbeckii and G. poecilostoma wereincluded by Corley et al. (1981) in G. trichophyllaand G. tergestina, respectively. Both Greven (1995)and Muñoz & Pando (2000) recognize them as species.60. Grimmia pulvinata var. obtusa is homotypic with G.pulvinata var. africana.61. The identity of Grimmia reflexidens, which wasdescribed from Chile, is controversial; Maier (2002a)and Ochyra (2004b) treat it as a species of Coscinodon.62. Grimmia grisea has been reported from Iceland byGreven (1998). This taxon was originally describedfrom South Georgia (Cardot, 1906) after materialscollected by Skottsberg. There are no originalmaterials at PC, and all the available syntypes at S(Skottsberg original herbarium) and H-BR are conspecificwith G. reflexidens.63. Grimmia subsulcata was considered a synonym of G.reflexidens by Muñoz (1998), although he laterrealized (Muñoz & Pando, 2000) that this typificationwas in error (the name is homotypic with G. alpestrisvar. microstoma Bruch & Schimp.). No type of thelatter name could be found in BM (originalSchimper’s herbarium) or any of the many herbariato which materials were requested. Pending furtherdevelopments the name is tentatively maintainedunder G. reflexidens.64. The status of Grimmia crassifolia is controversial.There are no capsules in the holotype, and thus it isimpossible to decide if it belongs to G. poecilostoma orG. tergestina. Muñoz (1999) considered it a synonymof G. poecilostoma, but in a more recent paper it wasplaced under G. tergestina (Ignatova & Muñoz, 2005).65. Grimmia austrofunalis is an Australasian and SouthAmerican taxon that does not grow in Europe. It ischaracterized by large gemmae (100–200 mm) formedon short stalks arising at dorsal costa base, whoseliberation does not cause any damage to the leaves.Other characters, such as very large size for the genus(up to 8 cm) and shiny leaves, are more variable(Muñoz, 1999).66. The name Grimmia britannica, now treated by Smith(2004) as a form of G. trichophylla, is a new name forG. robusta Braithw., a later homonym for G. robustaNees & Hornsch. (? Schistidium robustum (Nees &Hornsch.) H.H.Blom) and thus illegitimate. WhenBraithwaite (1872) published his new species, hementioned four syntypes from different Scotland