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Intending contributors to this column should consult the Instructions for Authors in part 1 of this volume, and should address their contributions to the column editor. 1. Campylopus pilifer var. lamellatus (Mont.) Gradst. & Sipman Contributors: Guillermo M. Suárez and Marı́a M. Schiavone Argentina: SALTA. Depto. Orán, Bosque Montano con abundante Podocarpus sp., sobre talud rocoso, 23u049S, 64u509W, 1650–1700 m a.s.l., 24 November 1999, leg. M. Schiavone, B. Biasuso & S. Churchill 3718 (LIL). JUJUY. Depto. Ledesma, Parque Nacional Calilegua, El Monolito, Bosque Montano con abundantes ‘alisos’, sobre talud rocoso, 23u409S, 64u549W, 1721 m a.s.l., 29 May 2007, leg. M. Schiavone 3370 (LIL). Campylopus pilifer var. lamellatus (Mont.) Gradst. & Sipman has a trans-Atlantic distribution, recorded from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, and also in tropical Africa (where it was described as C. introflexus var. altecristatus (Renauld & Cardot) Thér.) (Frahm, 1991). Churchill & Linares (1995) suggest that this variety possibly occurs in Colombia along the Andean corridor. In Argentina it grows in the upper montane forest between 1650 and 1750 m a.s.l, on rocky, exposed banks, together with Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw. These new records for Argentina represent the southernmost limit of the known distribution for this variety. Var. lamellatus differs from var. pilifer by the lamellae on the dorsal side of the costa, which are 5–6(27) cells high. In the type variety these lamellae reach only 3–4 cells high. 2. Campylopus trivialis Müll. Hal. ex E. Britton Contributors: Guillermo M. Suárez and Marı́a M. Schiavone Argentina: JUJUY. Depto. Ledesma, Parque Nacional Calilegua, El Monolito, Bosque Montano con abundantes ‘alisos’, sobre talud rocoso, 23u409S, 64u549W, 1721 m a.s.l., 29 May 2007, leg. M. Schiavone 3371 (LIL). During the revision of samples collected recently in the Calilegua National Park (Jujuy Province) certain plants were identified as Campylopus trivialis Müll. Hal. ex E. Britton, a species not previously reported from northwestern Argentina. Campylopus trivialis is frequent in tropical and subtropical areas of America. It grows in high alpine regions from Costa Rica to Bolivia (Churchill & Linares, 1995; Frahm, 1986, 1991; Menzel, 1986) through the Andean corridor. It is rarely found at low elevations, reaching 3000 and 4900 m a.s.l. in Bolivia (Frahm, 1991). In the northwest of Argentina it occurs in the mountain forests on rocks in exposed banks between 1700 and 1800 m a.s.l. 3. Encalypta microstoma Bals.-Criv. & De Not Contributors: James H. Dickson and Diana Horton Italy: ÖTZTAL ALPS, SE facing slope behind the Similaun Hut, 3050 m a.s.l., 7 July 1994, leg. J. Dickson s.n. (IB). JHD collected a small fruiting specimen from a rock crevice at about 3050 m on the steep, southeast-facing slope immediately behind the Similaun Hut at 3019 m only a short way inside Italy in the Ötztal Alps. In the nival zone, this discovery is about 350 m above the previous highest record from the Austrian mountains (Grims, 1999) and several hundred meters above the highest from the Italian mountains (Schumacher et al., 1999). However, it is about 40 m lower than the highest record from Switzerland (Online Atlas of Swiss Bryophytes). The identity having been confirmed by DH, the specimen, a new altitudinal record for Italy, is lodged in the herbarium of the Botanical Institute, University of Innsbruck. 4. Fissidens sublimbatus Grout Contributors: C. Lobo, S. Fontinha, L. Luis and M. SimSim Portugal, Madeira Region: SELVAGENS ARCHIPELAGO: Selvagem Grande, Pico dos Tornozelos, North and Northeast side on rock cracks and under the rocks on coastal exposed areas, 30u08954.4850N, 15u51957.0790W, ca 136 m a.s.l., 30 April 2005, leg. I. Silva s.n. (LISU); Selvagem Grande, plateau between Pico dos Tornozelos and Pico Atalaia, exposed, dry and rocky areas, 30u08954.5810N, 15u52909.7720W, ca 100 m a.s.l., 6 August 2008, leg. S. Fontinha & M. Sim-Sim s.n. (LISU). Fissidens sublimbatus Grout shows an American– Macaronesian/N African disjunction. It occurs in western North America and in Argentina, whereas east of the Atlantic it has been recorded from the Canary Islands and from Morocco (Ros et al., 2001, Pursell, 2004). Fissidens sublimbatus is here newly recorded for the Selvagens Archipelago and the Madeira region. It was collected in two localities on Selvagem Grande Island, namely Pico dos Tornozelos and the plateau between Pico dos Tornozelos and Pico Atalaia. This moss was found growing in coastal areas on calcareous soil, under rocks and in rock crevices in very dry and exposed conditions. It occured in association Journal of Bryology (2010) 32: 232–241

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