Brachythecium turgidum (Hartm.) Kindb.

Juan, Juan Guerra, Jiménez, Juan A., María, Omar Rodríguez & Cano, María J., 2025, Brachythecium turgidum (Hartm.) Kindb. (Brachytheciaceae) in the Oromediterranean belt of Sierra Nevada (southern Spain), Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (1), pp. 1-8 : 4

Brachythecium turgidum (Hartm.) Kindb.

Videnskabelige Meddelelser den Naturhistoriske Forening Kjøbenhavn

49: 294 ( Kindberg 1888). — Hypnum salebrosum var. turgidum

Hartm., Handbok i Skandinaviens Flora (Third edition) 2: 309. 1838 ( Hartman 1838).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Spain • Granada , Sierra Nevada , Dehesa del Camarate , alrededores de la Piedra de los Soldados y barranco de las Chorreras; 37°09’N, 3°15’W; 2400 m a.s.l.; 22.V.2024; leg. Guerra, Cano, Jiménez & Rodríguez; MUB 63151 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Brachythecium turgidum is a Northern Hemisphere species (cf. GBIF 2024), with arctic-alpine distribution. It is found in North America ( Ignatov 2014), Asia ( Ignatov et al. 2006) and Europe (Hodgetts et al. 2020). In the Mediterranean Region it grows between 1900 and 2900 m a.s.l. on soils or rocks in humid mountainous areas. From the Pyrenees it is known of France, Andorra and Spain (Lérida and Barcelona provinces) ( Orgaz 2018; Brugués et al. 2021). The locality that we provide here is probably the southernmost record of the species, both in Europe and in the American continent ( Fig. 1 ).

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FIG. 1. — Known distribution of Brachythecium turgidum (Hartm.) Kindb. in the Iberian Peninsula. The star indicates the new Spanish record reported.