Anthoceros agrestis Paton

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 : 54

* Anthoceros agrestis Paton

COMMENT

Doubtfully present in Algeria. Ros et al. (2007a) included it in the Algerian list as a “Report without precise collection data or locality”, based erroneously on Jelenc (1955a), who included its synonym A. crispulus (Mont.) Douin as sine loco for northern Africa based on Trabut information, but not for Algeria. It has often been confused with A. punctatus in old literature ( Söderström et al. 2002), which led Ros et al. (2007a) to think that most of the Mediterranean reports should belong to A. punctatus .