Dicranella howei Renauld & Cardot, 1893

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

Dicranella howei Renauld & Cardot

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. After Sveta Petka church in Sveti Naum monastery complex at Ohrid lake, source area of the Crni Drim river, on soil, 40°54’43.7”N, 20°44’32.1”E, 715 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193579] — Dolno Konjsko village at Ohrid lake, lime containing schistose rock on the roadside, 41°03’37.6”N, 20°48’11.6”E, 705 m a.s.l., 21.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193728] — Towards Otoševo from Ohrid lake, at the roadside before Vidikovec, conglomerate rock, 40°57’57.1”N, 20°48’20.8”E, 1135 m a.s.l., 21.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193735].

REMARKS

This species is widely distributed in Europe in areas of Mediterranean influence ( Smith 2004), being also present in central Europe ( Hodgetts 2015). It was reported previously from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro and European Turkey among Balkan countries ( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015), where it seems not to be very rare in adequate sites. According to Ros et al. (2013), in the other Mediterranean territories, it was not recorded only in Andorra, Egypt, Jordan and Syria.