Kurzia pauciflora (Dicks.) Grolle

Aleffi, Michele, Tacchi, Roberta & Poponessi, Silvia, 2020, New Checklist of the Bryophytes of Italy, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (13), pp. 147-195 : 155

Kurzia pauciflora (Dicks.) Grolle

The reports for PIE correspond to K. sylvatica and K. trichoclados (rev. H. Hürlimann). The gatherings of Carestia (Riva Valsesia, Gola Rossa, Ovago d’Otro and Cramisei) correspond to K. trichoclados . Farneti (1894) reports the species doubtfully for LOM (Agro di Como). The reports for TRA by Dalla Torre & Sarnthein (1904) (sub Lepidozia setacea ) correspond to K. trichoclados . Even though the herbarium specimen is sterile, Gerdol’s determination (leg. Gerdol 1987, Oberrasen Antholz – Rasun Anterselva above) is almost certainly incorrect given the species’ ecology. All reports for TOS, after revision of the herbarium specimens (Cortini Pedrotti et al. 1991), correspond to K. sylvatica . All the specimens examined were confused with K. sylvatica or K. trichoclados . For the determination of Kurzia , see Stieperaere & Schumacker (1986).