Fissidens gracilifolius Brugg.

Papp, Beáta, Pantović, Jovana & Sabovljević, Marko S., 2019, Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 159-166 : 162

Fissidens gracilifolius Brugg. -Nann. & Nyholm

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. Sveta Bogorodica church in Sveti Naum monastery complex at Ohrid lake, source area of Crni Drim river, limestone rock near the water, 40°54’36.7”N, 20°44’42.8”E, 710 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193625].

REMARKS

This species is widely but scattery distributed in Europe, from south to north and west, reaching Ukraine in the east ( Frey et al. 2006; Hodgetts 2015). Among the Balkan countries, it was rarely reported: Albania ( Papp et al. 2010), Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Slovenia and Serbia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015). In the rest of Mediterranean countries, it is present in Baleares, Corsica, Crete, France, Italy, Madeira, Malta, Portugal, Sicily, Spain and Turkey ( Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015). In Bulgaria and Romania it is considered to be VU ( Natcheva et al. 2006; Ştefănuţ & Goia 2012).