Studies in Austral Bryaceae (Bryopsida). IV. New records from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), with a phytogeographic analysis of the family Author Spence, John R. California Academy of Sciences, Department of Botany, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118 - 4503 (United States) bryum 500. js @ gmail. com js@gmail.com text Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2022 2022-11-30 20 15 211 224 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2022v43a15 journal article 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2022v43a15 1776-0992 7822527 Plagiobryoides orbiculatifolia (Cardot & Broth.) Ochyra & Bedn. -Ochyra RECORDED ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AS . — Bryum orbiculatifolium Cardot & Broth. NOTES This species was previously recorded by Larraín et al . (2016) , and has an unusual distribution, found in southern South America, South Georgia , Heard Island , Antarctica , and Tristan da Cunha . A south temperate/South America species, occasionally penetrating to subantarctic South Georgia ( Ochyra et al . 2002 ) and the maritime Antarctic where it occurs on volcanic islands in the South Sandwich Islands and on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands archipelagoes and only once recorded in the continental Antarctic in the Schirmacher Oasis ( Ochyra & Singh 2008 ; Ochyra et al . 2008a , b). A southern hemisphere/southern amphiatlantic temperate species.