Contribution to the bryoflora of Svalbard (Norway): new finds of species and deviating forms of mosses regarding from integrative study


O. A. Belkina, A. A. Vilnet


DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2026.60.2.B1


Abstract

The identification of moss collection from the Pyramiden town and its vicinity (Billefjorden area, Svalbard) has been completed. Schistidium sordidum and Blindiadelphus subimmersus were first found on the archipelago. Some specimens of Encalypta procera, Aongstroemia longipes, and Catoscopium nigritum with deviating morphological features such as lack of hairs or subula of perichaetial leaves, asymmetric capsule, and unusually small size of shoots and leaves, as well as Hymenostylium recurvirostrum with various leaf cell papillosity were studied with an integrative approach.


Keywords: molecular genetic analyses, morphology, mosses, Arctic, Pyramiden town


Section: Bryophytes


How to cite

Belkina O. A., Vilnet A. A. 2026. Contribution to the bryoflora of Svalbard (Norway): new finds of species and deviating forms of mosses regarding from integrative study. Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii 60(2): B1–B10. https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2026.60.2.B1


Received: 3 March 2026. Accepted: 17 April 2026. Published: 30 April 2026


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