B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 29. 1998 (Budapest, 1999)

Papp, Beáta: Investigation of the bryoflora of some streams in Greece

Studio bot. hung. 29, pp. 59-67, 1998 (1999) INVESTIGATION OF THE BRYOFLORA OF SOME STREAMS IN GREECE B. PAPP Dept. Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1476 Budapest, Pf. 222, Hungary Five liverwort and 36 moss species were collected from 4 Greek streams. Out of these 9 are new to certain regions, rare in Greece or otherwise interesting. On the basis of floristical comparison and characterisation Mt Pilion seems to be a very interesting area, the bryophyte flora of its stream has similarity with that of certain Hungarian streams. This area is worthy of further investigations. Key words: bryophytes, Greece, streams INTRODUCTION Greece is a bryologically scarcely explored area. The first comprehensive list was published at the beginning of this century by COPPEY (1907, 1909). The bryological part of the "Flora Aegea" (BAUMGARTNER 1943) is the first extended work on the bryoflora of the Aegean islands. With respect to bryological explorations, much more attention was paid to the popular tourist areas as the Ionian and Aegean islands, Crete and Mt Olympos. Among these Crete is the most extensively explored area from bryological point of view. A monograph is available on the bryophyte flora and vegetation of Corfu (HARARAS 1976). Recently a complete check-list of Greek mosses and liverworts was published by PRESTON (1981, 1984a, b) and a comprehensive publication including several new records from Greece by DULL (1995). In the course of our collecting trip the bryophyte flora of four Greek streams were studied in July 1992. The streams are situated in different parts of Greece and at different altitudes. Three of them are located in bryologically almost unknown areas (Parga, Mirtia, Mt Pilion). From Mt Pilion 21 species were published by COPPEY (1907). The fourth stream is found in Mt Olympos, which is a bryologically well-known mountain of Greece. Following the evaluation of the collections in these sites in Greece, a floristical comparison was made with the bryophyte flora of some Hungarian streams: Apátkút Valley (Visegrád Mts - siliceous area), Jósva and Telekes Valley (Aggtelek karst - calcareous area), Pécsely Stream (Transdanubian Range - calcareous area) and some Mediterranean streams in Spain as well: upper part of Ter (Teri) and Muga (Pyrenees Mts - siliceous area), lower part of Ter (Ter2) and