We provide an example of ecological vicariance among two epilithic, high mountain taxa of
mosses. Phylogenetic analyses using plastid (rps4-trnS, atpB-rbcL, trnL-trnF) and nuclear …

Molecular analyses have consistently evidenced the phylogenetic heterogeneity of
Orthotrichum Hedw., and suggested the need to segregate the species with superficial …

Bryophytes, with their reduced morphologies and challenging taxonomy, appear as ideal
candidates for the application of the fast‐developing tools of molecular species delimitation …

Orthotrichum consimile Mitt. has a disjunct distribution which includes a main area in north-
western North America and a secondary one in Europe, where it seems to be rare. Until the …

Premise of research. Today, mosses are the second most speciose lineage of land plants
and are important components of many ecosystems. However, in spite of their diversity and …

Cool climate biomes in the Northern Hemisphere have evolved relatively recently.
Temperature decline between the late Eocene and the Pliocene contributed to the evolution …

Previous molecular studies have done much to shed some light on the taxonomy and
phytogeographic position of Homalothecium sericeum and H. meridionale and the present …

The Bartramiaceae is a moss family with 386 species (Crosby et al. 1999) that grow in
diverse habitats. The family has a worldwide distribution, with its greatest diversity in South …

Orthotrichum scanicum Grönvall has been considered a European endemic whose main
range corresponded to the central and northern region of the continent, and it is currently …

Many bryophyte species have distributions that span multiple continents. The hypotheses
historically advanced to explain such distributions rely on either long‐distance spore …