Grimmia crinita Brid.

RECORDS. — Bescherelle(1882): Chardina;DjebelGharribou; El-Outaïa; Mont de Sel. Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Monts de Constantine; Oran, colonie agricole du Saint-Denis-du-Sig; Plateau de Mansourah; Tiaret. Bescherelle (1882), Frahm (1978): Biskra. Trabut (1887a): D’Oran à Mécheria. Julien (1894): Région de Constantine. Jelenc (1955a): El Kantara; Tlemcen. Greven (1995): Laghouat. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Frequent.

COMMENT

Grimmia crinita var. elongata Bruch & Schimp. was reported by Camus (1906) from the environs de Tlemcen and by Jelenc (1955a) from Aumale and Biskra. Although Index Muscorum (Wijk et al. 1962) stated that this is a synonym of Grimmia capillata De Not., Muñoz & Pando (2000) considered the identity of the name uncertain.

Grimmia crinita Brid. f. compacta Besch. nom. nud. was reported by Jelenc (1955a) from Outaia. Muñoz & Pando (2000) could not locate the original material and its identity has not been revised (Ros et al. 2013).