A revision of the genus Orthothecium (Plagiotheciaceae, Bryophyta) in northern Eurasia
Journal: Arctoa
Year: 2020

A revision of the genus Orthothecium involving a molecular phylogenetic approach was performed based on material from northern Eurasia with a particular focus on the territory of Russia. It showed that diversity of the genus in Asian Russia, and particularly in the permafrost regions of Siberia was strongly under-recorded if labelled with names of European species. While all five currently accepted European species occur in Asian Russia (although O. rufescens probably only reaches European-Asian