Trichostomum brachydontium Bruch

RECORDS. — Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Gorges de la Chiffa, ruisseau des Singes. Jelenc (1955a): Aït Khalfoun; Alger; Atlas de Blida, oued el Kebir, 200 m; Corso; Kabylie du Djurdjura, djebel Gouraya; Kabylie du Djurdjura, Fort National, 1000 m. Jelenc (1967): Sahel d‘Alger, Haouch Khodja Berry, 150 m. Ros et al. (1990): Azazga; Between Mostaganem and Cap Ivi, Abdelmaimalek-Ramdan beach, 0 m; Hammam-Riga, 500 m; Texenna’s wood, 700 m. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Frequent.

COMMENT

Only the reports of T. brachydontium and T. mutabile Bruch ex De Not. nom. illeg. have been considered here for this species. Ros et al. (2022) recognized besides T. brachydontium s.s., another three species that had been considered as infraspecific taxa ( T. herzogii Ros, O.Werner & R.D.Porley and T. meridionale Ros, O.Werner & R.D.Porley) or synonymized with T. brachydontium ( T. littorale Mitt.). The identity and distribution of the T. brachydontium complex in Algeria should be reevaluated following the new taxonomical criteria.