B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 38. 2007 (Budapest, 2007)

Papp, Beáta; Erzberger, Peter: Contributions to the bryophyte flora of Montenegro

Studia bot. hung. 38, pp. 79-94, 2007 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF MONTENEGRO B. PAPP

1 and P. ERZBERGER

2 department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1476 Budapest, Pf. 222, Hungary;pappbea@bot.nhmus.hu 2

Belziger Str. 37, D-10823 Berlin, Germany; erzberger@erzfisch.de Field research carried out in October 2003 in Montenegro revealed 217 bryophyte taxa (48 liverworts and 169 mosses), among them 14 taxa (8 liverworts and 6 mosses) are reported for the first time from Montenegro. These contain one taxon included in the Red data book of European bryophytes (ECCB 1995); Frullania inflata var. illyrica is a European endemism categorised as rare (R). Key words: bryophytes, Montenegro, new and redlisted species INTRODUCTION The first checklists of bryophytes of Montenegro were published by SABOVLJEVIC (2000) and SABOVLJEVIC and STEVANOVIC (1999), which mention 447 species (80 hepatics and 367 mosses) found in the country. Then from 1997 on, Dragicevic investigates intensively the bryophyte flora of Montenegro, and between 2001 and 2006 published several new records for the territory. The present state of knowledge has been summarised in a checklist (DRAGICEVIC and VELJIC 2006). MATERIALS AND METHODS The investigated area The collection localities (Rumija Mts, Lake Skadar, Lovcen Mts, Gulf of Kotor) are situated in the southern, coastal part of Montenegro (Fig. 1). The Rumija Mts - as well as the Lovcen Mts - belong to the Dinaric range and are composed of Triassic and Jurassic limestone. The Rumija Mts, with a maximum elevation 1,593 m, are situated between the Mediterranean coast and Lake Skadar near the border to Albania.