British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain,Malawi 2. Checklist of Malawi bryophytes

Abstract

A checklist of all bryophytes identified from Malawi at May 1991 is presented, with synonyms and references. The list is derived from literature and unpublished collections, and contains 197 mosses and 106 hepatics. The checklist was produced to provide a basis for describing plants new to Malawi, particularly for the British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain, Malawi in 1991. Distribution information is included, and the species accounts include published references and collection numbers where known. All information is held on a computer database.     

British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain,Malawi 3. Erpodiaceae (Musci)

Abstract

Four members of the moss family Erpodiaceae, Aulacopilum trichophyllum, Erpodium beccarii, E. coronatum and E. grossirete, collected during the 1991 British Bryological Society expedition to Mulanje Mountain, are recorded as new for Malawi.     

British Bryological Society Expedition to Mulanje Mountain,Malawi. 17 Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida): Part 1

Abstract

The family Sematophyllaceae is a difficult family to treat in Africa because of the large number of species described without any subsequent revision or monography and, despite the many collections mentioned in this paper, only two species had previously been identified from Malawi. A total of four species in four genera (Gammiella, Mρacrohymenium, Radulina and Wijkia) are recorded in this paper, all but one new to Malawi. The two remaining genera (Sematophyllum and Trichosteleum) present additional difficulties of identification, and will be dealt with separately.     

Bryophytes new to Albania from the British Bryological Society field meeting in 2014

Seventy bryophytes are reported new to (or confirmed for) Albania from a meeting of the British Bryological Society in 2014, based in the Valbona Valley. The high number of new records reflects the poor state of our knowledge of the bryoflora of the country. Many of the newly recorded species have Alpine, Boreal or even Arctic affinities. However the most significant record is that of Jungermannia calcicola Konst. & Vilnet., previously known only from the Russian Caucasus.