Fedosov, V.E., O.Yu.
Pisarenko, V.A. Bakalin
& E.A. Ignatova. Venturiella sinensis (Erpodiaceae, Bryophyta), a new
species and a new family for the moss flora
of Russia
Arctoa (2016) 25: 364–368
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.25.28
Venturiella sinensis (Venturi) Müll. Hal., the species with
temperate amphipacific distribution was recently found on Mt. Sinyaya
(the East Manchurian Mountains, south of Primorskij
Territory, the Russian Far East).
The description and illustrations of the species
based on the Russian specimen
are provided, its ecology and
distribution are considered. Though the present record
of the species
is not surprising,
it provides a remarkable extension
of the Russian
moss flora as the first
representative of the generally tropic
family Erpodiaceae. The Manchurian mountains represent the easternmost distribution limit of several species
of vascular plants and liverworts
with generally southern distribution.