Moerckia hibernica (Hook.) Gottsche

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 : 58

** Moerckia hibernica (Hook.) Gottsche

COMMENT

Excluded from Algeria. Trabut (1941) reported that there exists a collection supposedly collected in the “cascades de Tlemcen ” by Dr. Zoernig and identified by Stephani, but that after having searched the cascades himself, he only found Apopellia endiviifolia (sub Pellia fabroniana ). He also commented that the thallus of M. hibernica closely resembles that of P. endiviifolia . He, therefore, considers his presence in Algeria doubtful. The report was compiled by Jelenc (1955a), indicating the locality “Monts de Tlemcem, cascades d’El Ourit”. The presence of this Circumpolar Boreo-temperate species that grows on flushed rock faces or wet peaty ground ( Blockeel et al. 2014a) in Algeria is here rejected.