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A brief survey of bryological studies in the Subantarctic, including Macrocoma tenue (Orthotrichaceae), a moss genus and species newly found in Îles Kerguelen
- Source :
- Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Vol 87, Iss 4 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Polish Botanical Society, 2018.
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Abstract
- Studies on the bryophyte flora of the Southern Ocean islands and in the Antarctic are briefly reviewed and the current state of knowledge of the moss flora of Îles Kerguelen is discussed. Macrocoma tenue (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt is recorded from the Îles Kerguelen archipelago and this constitutes the first record of the genus Macrocoma (Müll. Hal.) Grout from the Subantarctic. The local plants of the species are characterized and illustrated and their ecology is discussed. Global distribution of M. tenue is reviewed and mapped. It is suggested that the type subspecies of M. tenue is a Gondwanan relictual taxon, which could have evolved on this supercontinent prior to its break-up and, subsequently, it reached Îles Kerguelen where it survived during the Pleistocene glacial epoch.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Pleistocene
Biogeography
Bryophyta
Plant Science
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
austral polar regions
Genus
lcsh:Botany
Glacial period
Orthotrichaceae
Southern Ocean
biogeography
biodiversity
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
biology
Ecology
Kerguelen Biogeographical Province
030108 mycology & parasitology
biology.organism_classification
Moss
lcsh:QK1-989
Taxon
Archipelago
Antarctica
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20839480
- Volume :
- 87
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5763cc8399fa65ccc7b382d4df5f4626