GRIMMIA LIMPRICHTII, A BRYOPHYTE WITH A DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION IN THE ALPS AND HIMALAYAS

Grimmia limprichtii Kern was found 1993 in the French Hautes Alps. Thi s rare alpine species, described in 1897 from the Italian Alps, was su bsequently recorded from some French and Swiss localities. Because Loe ske incorrectly considered it to be a muticous form of G. anodon Bruch et Schimp., the species was more or less forgotten. Its morphology, t axonomy, ecology, and distribution are briefly outlined. Grimmia obtus ifolia Gao and Cao, recently described from the Himalayas, is conspeci fic with G. limprichtii Kern.