Moose von Inselbergen aus Westafrika

Abstract

Bryophytes have been collected during a survey of the vegetation of Inselbergs in western Africa in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Guinea, which are rather undercollected areas. The identifications revealed 43 new records for these countries. Inselberg habitats are considered to provide constant ecological conditions over long periods and varying climatic conditions. They can be regarded as refugia for dry adapted species during humid periods which could expand to the surrounding savannahs in dry periods. A new combination (Archidium globiferum [Brid.] J.-P. Frahm) is introduced for Archidium ohioense Schimp. ex C. Müll.