Microbryum davallianum (Sm.) R.H.Zander

Ros, Rosa M., Olaf, Susana Rams, Eloy, Olaf Werner & Cerón, Eloy, 2024, Revisiting the Bryophyte Checklist of Algeria: Exploring Diversity and Distribution, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (5), pp. 49-116 : 86

Microbryum davallianum (Sm.) R.H.Zander

RECORDS. — Bescherelle (1882): Constantine; Coteaux de Bab-Azoun, de l’Agha; Mustapha. Bescherelle (1882), Corbière (1904), Jelenc (1955a): Alger; Oran. Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Blidah; La Calle. Trabut (1887a): D’Oran à Mécheria. Corbière (1904), Jelenc (1955a): Orléansville. Corbière (1905), Jelenc (1955a): Environs de Constantine, près de l’oued Melah. Braun-Blanquet & Maire (1924), Jelenc (1955a): Tlemcen. Jelenc (1949, 1967): Haute plaine de Tlemcen, Berges du chabet bel Abbès, 775 m; Haute plaine de Tlemcen, Vallée de l’oued Safsaf au pied du djebel el Melah, 650 m; Vallée de l’Isser, source thermale de Sidi Abdelly, 375 m. Jelenc (1951), Jelenc (1967): Haute plaine de Tlemcen, 600 m. Jelenc (1955a): Bône; Kabylie du Djurdjura, Fort National; Monts de Constantine, oued bou Merzoug. Ros et al. (1990): Ouled Mimoum. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Frequent.

COMMENT

No varieties have been recognized within M. davallianum , following the criterium of Ros et al. (1996) as the morphological characteristics of M. davallianum var. conicum (Schleich. ex Schwägr.) R.H.Zander and M. davallianum var. commutatum (Limpr.) R.H.Zander accepted in Hodgetts et al. (2020) and described in detail by Pilkington (2022) for Britain and Ireland overlap to a great extent in Mediterranean samples.