Catalogue of specimens of genus Bazzania Gray (Lepidoziaceae, Jungermanniales) deposited in the State Museum of Natural History NASU, Lviv, Ukraine

Abstract

The genus Bazzania іs the largest worldwide genus in the family Lepidoziaceae (Marchantiophyta) (Gradstein, 2017). Genus can be differentiated by a number of features such as dichotomously branched plants, long flagelliform branch arising from underleaves, 2–3-toothed leaf apex, ventralleaves arelarge,lateral leaves arranged incubous. Some of the morphological characters can be variable depending on the environment factors such as light intensity and humidity (Gradstein, 2017; Нипорко, 2004). In The Second checklist of Bryobionta of Ukraine (Boiko, 2014) genus represented by two species: B. trilobata (L.) Gray, B. tricrenata (Wahlenb.) Lindb. Mentioned from: zone of deciduous forests (nemoral zone) and Carpathian mountain region (Ivano-Frankivska, Chernivetska, Zakarpatska, Lvivska State Provinces). In the collection of the State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (SMNH) are stored 61 specimens of 6 species collected in western part of Ukraine and Russia. The illustrated catalog of this species (B. trilobata (L.) Gray, B. tricrenata (Wahlenb.) Lindb, B. denudata (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Trevis., B. ovifolia (Stephani) S. Hatt., B.tridens (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Trevis., B. yoshinagana (Steph.) Yasuda) is presented below. Species redefinition was not carried out. Sample labels present in the original form. The name of the species of B. albicans Stephani is indicated as B. tridens (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Trevis. according to the accepted nomenclature (Нипорко, 2004). The findings are collected by the following collectors K.O. Ulychna, D.K. Zerov, M.P. Slobodian, Pavliv, Mryts, A. Savytska in the period of ~1930 – first half of XI century.