Abay, G., N. Batan & T.özdemır. Bryophyte
checklist of Rize, North-East Turkey
Arctoa (2016) 25: 386–392
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.25.31
Bryophytes of Rize
Province are listed, basing on data published
between 1955 and 2014. This is the
first list of Anthocerotophyta, Marchantiophyta, and Bryophyta from Rize. The checklist
includes 45% of the total hornwort
and liverwort flora of Turkey
(31 families, 46 genera, 81
species and 2 subspecies), and 42 % of its moss
flora (44 families, 126 genera, 309 species, 4 subspecies and 14 varieties). The largest number of species have
Orthotrichum, Sphagnum,
Grimmia, Racomitrium,
Brachythecium, Dicranum,
Ptychostomum, and Tortula. In liverworts, Scapania, Jungermannia, and Lophozia are the richest in
species number, and in hornworts
Anthoceros is the only genus
represented in the list. Pottiaceae,
Brachytheciaceae, Grimmiaceae,
Jungermanniaceae, and Scapaniaceae are largely represented in Rize. In
the light of the presented
checklist, Rize is one of
the most diverse areas for
bryophytes in Turkey. The level
and number of knowledge on
bryophytes occurring in Rize is
expected to increase with further
investigations in less studied areas
of the province.