Crossidium squamiferum (Viv.) Jur. var. squamiferum

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 : 71

Crossidium squamiferum (Viv.) Jur. var. squamiferum

RECORDS. — Bescherelle (1882): Constantine; Couteaux de Bab-Azoun. Bescherelle (1882), Jelenc (1955a): Alger; Bougie; Bou-Sâada; Saoula. Corbière (1889), Jelenc (1955a): Blida, oued Sidi-el-Kebir. Cardot (1904), Maire (1916): province d’Oran, Djebel Morghad, 1950 m, 2105 m. Corbière (1904): Alger, talus à Telemly. Corbière (1904), Jelenc (1955a): Nador de Médéa. Corbière (1905): Environs de Constantine, Chettabah. Corbière (1905), Jelenc (1955a): Environs de Constantine, Sidi M’Cid. Camus (1906): Oran; environs de Tlemcen. Camus (1906), Coppey (1911), Jelenc (1955a): Beni-Ounif, Sahara algérien. Jelenc (1949): Haute plainte de Tlemcen, berges d l’oued Sennoun, 350 m, Monts de Tlemcen, pentes du djebel el Béniane, 950 m. Jelenc (1954b, 1966, 1967): Atlas Mitidjien, gorges de l’oued Harrach à Hammam Mélouane, 150 m. Jelenc (1954b, 1967): Massif du Bou Zegza, gorges de Keddara, 400 m. Jelenc (1955a): Aumale; El Kantara, 1500 m; Gorges de la Chiffa; La Bouzaréa; La Réghaia; Monts de Constantine, djebel Ouach; Monts de Tlemcen, Tlemcen, forêt d’Hafir; Sud constantinois, Biskra;Téniet Zebboudj. Jelenc (1967): Haute-Plaine de Tlemcen. Delgadillo (1975): Atlab, Ben Zireg. Frahm (1978): Laghouat. Boukhatem et al. (2017): El-Kala National Park, Tonga lake watershed. Common.

COMMENT

Crossidium squamiferum var. brevisetum (Besch.) Paris was described by Bescherelle (1882) as Barbula membranifolia f. breviseta Besch. from three localities (Constantine, Ravin du Rummel and Laghouat). According to Ros et al. (2013) its identity has not been revised since. Unfortunately the type could not be traced (Ros, unpublished).Probably it is within the morphological variability of the species, as it was stated for var. pottiodeum by Cano et al. (1993) and Hodgetts et al. (2020).