Fissidens incurvus Starke ex Röhl.

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 : 162-163

Fissidens incurvus Starke ex Röhl.

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. Source area of the Crni Drim river at Sveti Atanasij church in Sveti Naum monastery complex at Ohrid lake, on soil, 40°54’37.8”N, 20°44’53.1”E, 715 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193629].

REMARKS

This species is widely reported from Europe ( Hodgetts 2015) and the Mediterranean area ( Ros et al. 2013). It is recorded in many Balkan states: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and European Turkey

( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015), so it was expected to be recorded in Northern Macedonia, as well. However, since it is often considered as an infraspecific taxon within the variable Fissidens viridulus group, it is surely overlooked in the Balkans and can be more frequent than reported. In Ros et al. (2013) and Hodgetts (2015) it is also considered as infraspecific taxon as F. viridulus var. incurvus (Starke ex Röhl.) Waldh.