Orthotrichum philibertii Venturi

Alegro, Antun, Šegota, Vedran, Rimac, Anja, Kiebacher, Thomas, Prlić, Dragan, Sedlar, Zorana, Vuković, Nina & Papp, Beata, 2019, New and noteworthy bryophyte records from Croatia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (2), pp. 5-13 : 8

Orthotrichum philibertii Venturi

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Croatia. Velebit Nature Park, road connecting Adriatic Highway and hamlet Dundović-Podkuki, 44°42’40’’N,

14°55’19’’E, 255 m a.s.l., 20.X.2013, leg. V. Šegota s.n., det. B. Papp, conf. T. Kiebacher, BP(BP190917), ZA(ZA45483); Ibidem, hamlet Matović near Šegote village, 44°43’34’’N, 14°54’13’’E, 135 m a.s.l., 20.X.2013, leg. V. Šegota s.n., det. B. Papp, conf. T. Kiebacher, BP(BP190918), ZA(ZA45484).

It was found on the bark of Acer monspessulanum L. on the first site and on the bark of Quercus pubescens Willd. on the second site. Both sites were situated within small thermophilous stands of deciduous woodland dominated by A. monspessulanum, Fraxinus ornus L. and Q. pubescens , and are situated in the Mediterranean part of Croatia. The accompanying species were: Frullania dilatata (L.) Dumort., Hypnum cupressiforme , Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr , Leucodon sciuroides (Hedw.) Schwägr. , Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. and Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr. Orthotrichum philibertii is an Oceanic Mediterranean Montane species ( Düll 1992; Dierβen 2001), known mostly from Mediterranean parts of Europe ( Hodgetts 2015); however it is very rare in the Balkan Peninsula, where it was recorded solely in Greece ( Lara et al. 2003), Romania ( Stefănuţ & Goia 2012) and Serbia ( Papp & Sabovljević 2002). The species is known also from neighbouring Italy ( Aleffi et al. 2008). It is CR in Romania ( Stefănuţ & Goia 2012) and EN in Serbia ( Sabovljević et al. 2004).