A. nitidum
In
Russia this mostly tropical/subtropical East Asian species occurs in
southern Siberia (Altai Republic, Zabaikalsky Territory) and the Far
East (Amurskaya Province, Kamchatsky and Primorsky Territories). The
presence of bright-red, small, numerous axillary bulbils are heplful
in separating A.
nitidum from other
species of the genus.
— Bulbils
1–15 per leaf axil; bulbil bodies green, yellowish, reddish-brown
or brown; bulbil primordia leaf-like; primordia cells firm-walled,
not inflated; leaves acute or acuminate 2
2. Leaves
acuminate; costae mostly excurrent; bulbils 7–15 per leaf axil,
small when mature; primordia only on upper half of bulbil body 2.A. bavaricum
Until
recently Anomobryum
bavaricum was
considered endemic to the European Alps. It has since been found in
several Russian localities. In Transbaikalia it is a montane (50–870
m a.s.l.) species that grows on rock outcrops in river valleys with
open larch and birch forests. In Primorsky Territory it was found on
roadsides in forests and landslides on steep slopes in the
Sikhote-Alin Mts. In Yakutia this species was found in the
Verkhoyansky Range growing on open rocky slopes on rocks that have a
high heavy metal content.
— Leaves
acute to bluntly acute, sometimes apiculate; costa percurrent or
subpercurrent; bulbils 1–8 per leaf axil or absent, large when
mature; primordia on upper and lower parts of bulbil body 3
3. Shoot
tips obtuse; leaf apices bluntly or shortly acute; axillary bulbils
absent, rarely few deciduous flagelliform shoots present;
sporophytes frequent; peristome perfect [A. julaceum]
This
species is not presently known from Russia; however, it is foundin
nearby areas of China and so should occur in Russia.
— Shoot
tips ± cuspidate; leaf apices acute, occasionally apiculate;
axillary bulbils present, deciduous flagelliform shoots absent;
sporophytes unknown in Russia; [peristome reduced] 3.A. concinnatum
Anomobryum
concinnatum is the
most common species of the genus in Russia. It is known from the
Caucasus, Siberia (where it is locally common) and Russian Far East
(Chukotka to the southern borders of Russia). All records of this
species from the Kola Peninsula are based on mis-determinations. It
is mostly a middle elevation, montane (300–1500 m a.s.l.) species
that occasionally is found at 2500 m a.s.l. in the Caucasus and
Altai Mts. But, in Primorsky Territory it occurs at the sea level. Anomobryum concinnatum
grows on soil banks along roads, river banks, and on fine soil at
cliff ledges.