Rhynchostegium rotundifolium (Scop. ex Brid.) Schimp.

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 : 164

Rhynchostegium rotundifolium (Scop. ex Brid.) Schimp.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Republic of Northern Macedonia. Sveta Bogorodica church in Sveti Naum monastery complex at Ohrid lake, source area of the Crni Drim river, on shaded limestone rock, 40°54’36.7”N, 20°44’42.8”E, 710 m a.s.l., 17.X.2016, leg. Papp B. and Pantovi ć J. s.n., BP[BP 193617] — Source area of the Crni Drim river at Sveti Atanasij church in Sveti Naum monastery complex at Ohrid lake, on shaded limestone rock, 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 193634].

REMARKS

This is a rarely reported species in Europe with mainly central-European distribution, but reaching Great Britain in the west and Ukraine and south-eastern Russia in the east ( Smith 2004; Hodgetts 2015). In the Balkans, it was not frequently reported, being known from Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia ( Sabovljević et al. 2008; Dragiévić et al. 2008). In the rest of the Mediterranean Region it was reported only in France, Italy, Sicily and Turkey ( Ros et al. 2013; Hodgetts 2015). It is considered EN in Romania ( Ştefănuţ & Goia 2012).