Tortella nitida (Lindb.) Broth.

RECORDS. — Corbière (1889, 1904), Jelenc (1955a): Blida, grèves de l’oued Beni-Aza. Corbière (1904), Jelenc (1955a): Oran, Mont Santa-Cruz. Corbière (1904), Jelenc (1955a): Mostaganem. Corbière (1905), Jelenc (1955a): Environs de Constantine, Sidi M’Cid. Lapie (1909), Jelenc (1955a): Kabylie du Djurjura. Maire (1916), Jelenc (1955a): Sud oranais, Monts des Ksour, le djebel Aïssa, 2250 m. Jelenc (1949, 1967): Monts de Tlemcen, col du Juif, 800 m. Jelenc (1951, 1967): Massif du Tessala, pic de Tafaraoui, 650 m. Jelenc (1955a): Alger, Atlas de Blida, oued el Kébir; Édough; Touggourt. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Mazari & Boulaacheb (2023): Setif, Megriss Mountain. Frequent.

COMMENT

Tortella nitida var. subtortuosa (Boulay) Jelenc was reported by Corbière (1904) from Oran, Mont Santa-Cruz and Corbière (1905) from the environs de Constantine, Sidi M’Cid as Barbula nitida var. subtortuosa (Boulay) Corb. and later compiled inJelenc (1955a) but according to Ros et al. (2013) its identity has not been revised since. The search of the type has not been fruitful (Ros, unpublished). Ros et al. (2013) mentioned erroneoulsy that Tortella nitida var. media (Boulay) Corb. were reported from Algeria.