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Table 1 Moss species occurrence list in each collecting site

From: Comparative study of moss diversity in South Shetland Islands and in the Antarctic Peninsula

Family/species

King George Island

Elephant Island

Nelson Island

Hope Bay

AMBLYSTEGIACEAE

    

  Campylium polygamum

    

  Cratoneuropsis relaxa

X

   

  Sanionia uncinata

X

X

X

X

  Warnstotorfia sarmentosa

X

 

X

 

ANDREAEACEAE

    

  Andreaea acuminata a

X

   

  Andreaea depressinervis

X

X

X

X

  Andreaea gainii

X

X

X

X

  Andreaea regularis

X

X

X

X

BARTRAMIACEAE

    

  Bartramia patens

X

X

  

  Conostomum magellanicum

X

   

BRACHYTHECIACEAE

    

  Brachythecium austrosalebrosum

X

X

  

  Sciuro-hypnum glaciale

X

   

BRYACEAE

    

  Bryum archangelicum

X

 

X

 

  Bryum argenteum

X

X

 

X

  Bryum dichotomum

X

   

  Bryum orbiculatifolium

X

X

X

 

  Bryum pseudotriquetrum

X

X

X

 

  Pohlia cruda

X

X

  

  Pohlia drummondii

X

X

  

  Pohlia nutas

 

X

X

X

  Pohlia wahlenbergii

X

X

X

 

DICRANACEAE

    

  Chorisodontium aciphyllum

X

X

  

DITRICHACEAE

    

  Ceratodon purpureus

 

X

  

  Ceratodon grossiretis

X

X

 

X

  Distichium capillaceum

X

 

X

 

ENCALYPTACEAE

    

  Encalypta rhaptocarpa

X

X

  

GRIMMIACEAE

    

  Racomitrium sudeticum

X

X

  

  Schistidium amblyophyllum

X

   

  Schistidium antarctici

X

   

  Schistidium falcatum

X

 

X

 

  Schistidium rivulare

X

 

X

 

HYPNACEAE

    

  Hypnum revolutum

X

   

ORTHOTRICHACEAE

    

  Muelleriella crassifolia

 

X

  

PLAGIOTHECIACEAE

    

  Plagiothecium orthocarpum

X

   

POLYTRICACEAE

    

  Polytrichum alpinum

X

X

X

 

  Polytrichum juniperinum

X

X

X

 

  Polytrichum piliferum

X

 

X

 

  Polytrichum strictum

   

X

POTTIACEAE

    

  Hennediella antarctica

X

X

 

X

  Hennediella heimii

X

X

X

 

  Syntrichia filaris

X

 

X

 

  Syntrichia magellanica

X

  

X

  Syntrichia saxicola

X

X

 

X

SELIGERACEAE

    

  Hymenoloma antarcticum

X

   

  Hymenoloma grimmiaceum

X

X

  
  1. aFound only by Putzke and Pereira (2001).