Notes on Fuscocephaloziopsis affinis (Lindb. ex Steph.) Váňa et L.Söderstr., a presently unrecognized species of the Slovak bryoflora
Abstract
The species Fuscocephaloziopsis affinis (syn. Cephalozia affinis) was published as new for the former Czechoslovakia in the year 1974 from the locality Stolica Mountain (Slovenské rudohorie Mts).
Based on the taxonomic concept accepted in most countries in Europe, this name was considered synonymous with Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia (syn. Cephalozia lunulifolia).
Therefore, it was not included in either of the check-lists of Slovakian bryophytes although it was mentioned as occurring in Slovakia in the study entitled "Distribution of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae in Europe and Macaronesia". Only in the last years, based on molecular data, was this taxon "re-established" at the species level.
Data on the history, morphological characteristics, distribution, taxonomy and nomenclature of this species are discussed in detail. A second locality in Slovakia (Muránska planina Mts, Hrdzavá dolina valley) is added.
The determination of plants from this mentioned locality was confirmed by molecular methods.