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Ann. Mus. G ou la nd ris 2 : 83-87. 1974.
Some pottiaceous mosses from the Aegean islands of Greece
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Abstract
Zander , R . H . (1974) . So me p ottiac eous m osses fro m th e Aegean islands of G reece .
A nn. M us. Goulandris 2: 83-8 7.
17 sp ecies of Potlia ceae were collec ted on the islands of M ikon os, Kos , R odhos
and Kriti. Hymenostylium recunnrostre, Tort ella hum ilis a nd To rtula revolvens va r. mucro­
nata are n ew rep orts for Greece . Oxy stegus cylindricus is new to th e Aegean isla nd s.
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During th e summer of 1973, whil e touring islands of th e Aegean
sea, I had the opportunity to make a small collection of bryophytes.
Seventeen speci es of pottiaceou s mosses are reported here, many bein g
new records in th e literature for th e majority of isla nds on which th ey
were found. Several of th ese species are rare and are pr eviou sly unre­
ported for Greece. Mo sses of th e famil y Pottiaceae are common along
roadsides and pathways of the islands, th e dry climate appa re ntly not
favoring th e d evelopment of more hydrophilic species of bryophytes,
excep t along watercourses.
Several papers, including tho se of Ad e & Koppe (1955), Baum­
gartner (1943, 1944), Brenan (1973) , Coppey (1907), Dull (1966) , Dull
& Dull-Hermanns (1973) , Fro ehlich (1961), Grad stein (1970), Laflin
(1973) , M edelius (1927), Nicholson (1907) Rungby (1967), Schiffner
(1913, 1915), and Schiffner ' & Baumgartner (1919), hav e been pub­
lished r eporting occasiona l br yophyte collections from th e Aegean
islands. Most of the se pap ers con cern th e br yoflora of Kriti, but other
Greek islands of the Aegean for which bryophyte collections have been
reported a re Evvia, Dhilos, K os, Karpathos , Lesvos (M itilini) , Naxos,
Rodhos, Samos, Samothraki, Thira (Santorini) Tinos, a nd Tilos. The
pr esent pap er includes th e first report of br yophytes collected on th e
island of Mikonos, of th e Kikladh es.
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G eogr aphic rel ations of th e species listed her e are pan-M editerr a­
nean . All of th e species have been found elsewhe re in th e Near East.
Five of th e spec ies hav e not been previou sly reported for mainland
Greece, but most of th e species are widely distributed in southe rn
Europ e. One might estimate from th e sca nty lit erature th at a ny future
inte nsive, syste matic collecting on th e Aegean islands will uncover
m an y other species of mosses of M editerranean distribution not presently
known for th e area.
In th e following acco unt, th e numbers in th e specimen cita tions
represent collec tions made by myself, in the com pany of my wife, K ath e­
rine C ha mes Zand er. A set of th e spec ime ns are dep osited in th e Clin­
ton H erbarium (BU F) of th e Buffalo Museum of Scien ce, Buffalo,
Ne w York St at e, U SA. The nomen clature follows th at of Podpera
(1954) .
Barbula acuta (Brid .) Brid.
K os: Mt. Dhikeos, road side, vertical bank, 4092. Mikonos: above
th e town of Mikonos, road side bank, 4063. R odhos: ga rde n ab out
th e old town, stone wall , 4055.
Previou sly reported from mainl and Greece, a nd from Kriti a nd
Rodh os ; new to K os and Mikono s.
Barbula vinealis Brid.
K os : Mt. Dhikeos, a bove Zia, stone wall , 4067.
Known from m ainl and Greece, K ri ti, Dhilos, K os, R odhos, and
Thira.
Didymodon tophaceus (Brid .) .Tur.
Kriti: betw een Ajia V arvar a a nd J erjeri, wet bank, 4070.
Previou sly re ported from m ainland Greece, K riti , Evvia, a nd K os.
Eucladium verticillatum (Brid.) Bry . Eur.
Kriti : Zar os, road sid e, sma ll wate rfa ll, soil, 4056; S. of I rakli o,
near Ajios Miron, wall of a spring, 4058; betw een Ajia V arvar a a nd
J erjeri, wet bank, 4071. K os: a bove Zi a, moi st ro ck, spring, 4061;
wooded ravin e, vertical soil bank, 4079.
Previou sly reported from mainland Greece, Kriti , Evvia, Karpa­
thos, Ko s, R odhos, a nd Tilos.
Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & al.
K os: Mt. Dhikeos, a bove Zia, 4078; vertical shad ed rock fac e,
4066; below Asfendiou , vertica l ro ad side b ank, 4083.
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Previou sly reported from mainland Greece, Kriti, Kos, a nd R odhos.
Hyrnenostytium recurvirostre (H edw.) Dix.
K os: Asklipiion at K os, rock wa ll, spring, 4076.
Appa rently not prev iously reported from Greece . In th e Ncar Ea st,
this species has only bee n re ported from Leban on (Bizot 1955).
Oxystegus cylindricus (Bru ch ) H ilp.
K os: Mt. D hikeos, a bove Zia, ba rk of a mul berry tr ee, 4073.
Pr eviou sly reported from mainland Gr eece (Ade & Koppe 1955),
bu t new to th e Aegean islands.
Pottia pallida Lind b.
Kriti: betw een K at o Asites and An o Asites, road side ba nk , thin
soil, 4084.
An un common species. In th e Near East, it has been found in Kriti
(Laflin 1973), Cyprus (Podpera 1954) and Israel (Bilewsky 1965).
Syntrichia Inez-mis Hueb .
Kriti: between K at o Asites a nd Ano Asites, road side bank, 4087.
Pr eviou sly re por ted from mainl and Greece, K riti, Evvia, a nd Thira.
T[mmfella barbuloides Brid.
Kriti: outside Zaros, roadside ba nk, 4086. Kos : M t. Dhikeos,
above Zia, sha de d sto ne wall , 4075.
R eported to occu r in mainland Greec e, Kriti, K os, R odhos, Sam os,
T hira, and Til os.
Tortella flavovirens (Bru ch) Broth.
Kriti: betw een K at o Asites a nd Ano Asites, roadside bank, 4090.
K os: Mt. Dhikeos, below Asfendiou, ver tica l road side ba nk, 4093.
Previously known from mainland Greece, K rit i, an d T hira. New
to K os.
Tortella hUDlilis (H edw.) Dix.
R odhos : city of R odhos, wa ll of th e old town , 4069.
Pan-Mediterran ean in distribution , and in th e Near East r eport ed
for Leban on and Israel (Bilewsky 1965 ). New to Greece.
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Tortula dicksoniana (Schultz) Podp.
Miko nos : above the town of M ikonos, vertical roadside ban k, 4064.
Pr eviou sly known from ma inland Greece, K riti, Evv ia, Lesvos,
R odhos, and T hira ; new to M ikono s.
Tortula :marginata (Bry. Eur.) Spruce
R odh os: city of R odhos, the old town, thi n soil on a wa ll, 4052.
K nown from mai nla nd Gr eece, K riti, Kos , R odhos, and T hira .
Tortula :muralis H edw.
K riti: K nosos pa lac e, cement wa ll, 4065. Kos : Mt. D hikeos,
above Zia, cement irrigation sluice, 4057. Mikonos: town of Mi konos ,
ver tical cemen t wa ll, 4060. R od hos : city of R od hos, the old town,
garden, stone wall, 4053.
Previou sly reported from ma in land Greece, K riti, Kos, Rodhos,
Thira, Sa mos, and Samothraki; new to Mi konos. T he pa ucity of
reports of this very common moss in the Aege an islan ds is perhaps a n
indi cation of th e lack of other than occasional bryologica l collect ion
in most of the area .
Tortula revolvens var. :mucronata R eimers
Mi konos: above the town of M ikonos, roadside, ver tica l roc ks, thin
soil, 4081.
An uncom mon pan-Mediterranean species; new to G reece . In the
Ne ar East, reported from Syr ia a nd Iraq (Schiffner 191.'-3 ).
Trichosto:mu:m brachydontiu:m Bruch
K os : M t. D hikeos, above Zia, wooded ravm e, bou lder, 4072.
Previou sly reported from K rit i, Evv ia, K ar path os, R od hos, T hira,
a nd Tilos ; new to Kos .
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