Cephalozia macrostachya confirmed in the Czech Republic.
Jiří Váňa 1 & Jan Kučera 2
Affiliations
- Charles University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Botany, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Praha, Czech Republic
- University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Abstract
Cephalozia macrostachya Kaal. has been recently found in the ‘Swamp’ mire near Doksy (Northern Bohemia). The following revision of herbarium specimens of Cephalozia loitlesbergeri Schiffn. revealed one more specimen of C. macrostachya, collected already in 1965 in the Krušné hory Mts. The habitat preferences for both species in Central Europe are discussed and it is assumed that while C. loitlesbergeri is a clearly upland species of open, acidic raised bogs, C. macrostachya seems to prefer lowland poor fens or lagg parts of bogs in middle altitudes.
Keywords
Cephalozia, Czech Republic, habitat preference
How to cite
Váňa J. & Kučera J. (2002) Cephalozia macrostachya confirmed in the Czech Republic. – Preslia 74: 197