Fissidens pusillus (Wilson) Milde

Ros, Rosa M., Olaf, Susana Rams, Eloy, Olaf Werner & Cerón, Eloy, 2024, Revisiting the Bryophyte Checklist of Algeria: Exploring Diversity and Distribution, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (5), pp. 49-116 : 77

Fissidens pusillus (Wilson) Milde

RECORDS. — Bescherelle (1882): Ben-Aknoun. Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Alger; Birkadem; Bou Khalfa; Kabylie; Stora. Gandoger (1883): sine loco. Corbière (1889), Jelenc (1955a): Blida. Corbière (1905): Environs de Constantine, Le Hamma. Corbière (1905), Jelenc (1955a): Environs de Constantine, Sidi M’Cid, près les Arcades romaines, pépinière du djebel Ouach. Jelenc (1951, 1967): Haute-Plaine de Tlemcen, 700 m. Jelenc (1955a): Birmandreïs; El Biar; La Réghaia; Philippeville. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Frequent.

COMMENT

According to Bruggeman-Nannenga (1978), F. subimmarginatus Philib. , as reported from the Massif de la Bouzaréa by Jelenc (1955b, 1967), should be regarded as a synonymous with F. exiguus . Later, Pursell (1997) considered F. exiguus synonymous with F. bryoides var. pusillus (Wilson) Pursell , and this was the criterion adopted byRos et al. (1999) for the checklis of Algeria. However, Ros et al. (2013) and Hodgetts et al. (2020) considered F. exiguus auct. eur. to be synomymous with F. viridulus , which is the criterion followed here.