New records for the bryophyte flora of Corsica
Author
Hugonnot, Vincent
Le bourg, 43380 Blassac (France) vincent. hugonnot @ wanadoo. fr
hugonnot@wanadoo.fr
text
Cryptogamie, Bryologie
2019
2019-10-02
20
14
153
158
http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a14
journal article
10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a14
1776-0992
12215529
Hedwigia striata
(Wilson) Bosw.
SPECIMENS
EXAMINED
. —
France
. Corse-du-Sud, Quenza, aiguilles de Bavella, on acidic rock outcrops,
4.V.2017
,
1420 m
a.s.l.,
V.Hugonnot s.n.
; plateau de Cusciunu, on acidic rock outcrops,
4.V.2017
,
1420 m
,
V. Hugonnot s.n.
; Evisa, forêt d’Aitone, on acidic rock outcrops,
4.V.2017
,
1320 m
a.s.l.,
V. Hugonnot s.n.
Remarks
It was observed on siliceous rocks fully exposed or semishaded, in mixed stands with
H. ciliata
(Hedw.) P. Beauv.
or
H. stellata
Hedenäs
on the same rock and did not seems to differ much ecologically. The forest stands were attributable to
Pinus nigra
subsp.
laricio
forest of the
Galio rotundifolii- Fagenion sylvaticae
Gamisans (1977) 1979.
Until now,
H. striata
could be considered as an Oceanic species (
Blockeel & Bosanquet 2016
). For now, it is only recorded in Europe (
Belgium
,
France
,
Great Britain
,
Norway
,
Ireland
,
Portugal
,
Spain
and
Sweden
) and northwest Africa (
Morocco
) (
Buchbender
et al.
2014
;
Gallego
et al.
2014
;
Blockeel & Bosanquet 2016
;
Ellis
et al.
2016
). It was previously recorded in continental
France
in Lot Department by
Ellis
et al.
(2016)
, where it is probably much more widespread.
Hedwigia striata
belongs to the
H. ciliata
-complex together with two other species
H. ciliata
and
H. stellata
; and used to be neglected until the phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus (
Buchbender
et al.
2014
). The identification offers no special difficulties owing to a set of clear-cut morphological characters from which only the first can be appreciated in the field: the leaves are more or less longitudinally plicate, the decurrent basal margins of the leaves are provided with papillae and double teeth and the cilia of mature perichaetial leaves are less numerous and straighter than those of
H. ciliata
or
H. stellata
(
Gallego
et al.
2014
)
.