The Hornwort and Liverwort Atlas of Romania

din România (sărături, sfagnete, păduri)” (Bryological studies in some vegetation formations fromRomania (saltings, sphagniherbosa, forests) (Ştefureac 1969a), “Conspectul briofitelor din Dobrogea”(The epitome of the bryophytes from Dobrogea) (Ştefureac, Mihai & Pascal 1970), “Conspectulbriofitelor din Moldova” (The epitome of the bryophytes from Moldova) (Ştefureac & al. 1973),“Conspectul briofitelor din Bucovina” (The epitome of the bryophytes from Bucovina) (Ştefureac & al.1981) etc.In the domain of palynology, he published a paper on the particularities of the hornwort, liverwortand moss spores, (Ştefureac 1971d:21-42), and also other papers in collaboration (Ştefureac, Ploaie P. &Ploaie G. 1971: 75-79; Ştefureac, Ploaie G. & Ploaie P. 1979: 279-286).Ştefureac T. was member of the IAB (International Association of Bryologists), of GTCBE(Groupe de Travail pour la Cartographie du Bryophytae de l’Europe) and reviewer at “RevueBryologique et Lichénologique”. Also, prof. Ştefureac T. coordinated several doctoral theses at thebotanical department of the Biology Faculty – University of Bucharest (Cristurean I., DihoruAlexandrina, Dihoru G., Eftimie Elena, Mihai G., Plămadă E. etc).Studies on the muskegs in Romania were conducted especially by Pop Emil (13.04.1897-14.07.1974), whose contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of bryophytes in Romania is veryimportant. He cited 267 bryophyte species in his papers (32 liverworts and 235 mosses). He had asignificant contribution to the chorology of the glacial relict Odontoschisma sphagni (Dicks.) Dumort.(Ştefureac 1976b:1017-1018; Ştefureac 1979b:183-188; Boşcaiu 1999; Boşcaiu, Toniuc & Purdelea 1999).Bryological researches in Transylvania were conducted by Péterfi M., author of several works, inwhich also a new species for Romania is published: Geocalyx graveolens. Also in Transylvania, BorzaA., Györffy I., Nyárády E.I., Nyárády A., Soó R. and others analyzed and published materials collectedfrom different sites. An important contribution to the knowledge of Transylvanian bryoflora was that ofBoros Á. and Vajda L., who published several papers in which they list an important number of newspecies for Romania.During the 20 th century, important contributions to the knowledge of the Romanian bryoflora hadalso some foreign bryologists, such as: Debreczy Z., Degen A., Düll R., Grolle R., Hargitai Z., HerzogT., Igmángy J., Jakucs P., Járai-Komlódi Magda, Karczmarz K., Kazimierz R., Mickiewicz J.,Muñoz J., Müller K., Novotný I., Ochyra R., Orbán S., Pax F., Podpěra J., Pócs T., Sass-GyarmatiAndrea, Schiffner V., Schuster R.M., Simon T., Szepesfalvi J. and Váňa J.Mihai Gheorghe studied the bryoflora of Moldova, especially in the Başeului valley, but he alsohad an important contribution to the bryoflora of Dobrogea, Muntenia and even Transylvania. In 1983 hepublished the list of liverworts from Romania, completed by Dihoru G. (1986:98) with the following taxa:Marsupella emarginata subsp. aquatica (under M. aquatica), Marchantia paleacea, Scapania compactaand S. brevicaulis (under S. degenii).Mohan Gheorghe, a disputed bryologist, published about several species, among which also theliverworts Marchantia paleacea and Scapania compacta, of which presence in Romania has beeninfirmed especially by Plămadă E. (Plămadă 1979b:379-382; Plămadă 1992:223-235, + annex 422-487).Dihoru Gheorghe had an important contribution to the bryoflora of Dobrogea, Siriu and CoziaMountains, he published several papers on nomenclature. His name is also connected to a new species forRomania, Scapania paludosa. During his research at the Institute of Biology in Bucharest, he mapped thespecies from the Anthocerotaceae and Pelliaceae families.Lungu Lucia conducted research on and published the bryophyte of peatbogs from the NeagraBoştenilor valley and contributed to the knowledge of the Orthotrichum genus.Plămadă Emanoil has an important contribution to the knowledge of bryoflora from Romania,publishing several new species: Pleurocladula albescens var. islandica, Kurtzia pauciflora, Tritomariapolita, Cephaloziella elegans and Scapania glaucocephala, the latter one being a wrongly identifiedspecies.For this domain, important contributions had also the following researchers: Eftimie Elena,Pascal P., Páll Ş., Barabaş Victoria, Wallfisch R. etc.In the last five years, several papers regarding the bryoflora of Romania were published, a newmoss species was described, Dicranum transsylvanicum (Lüth 2002: 17-21), and Goia Irina has defendedher doctoral thesis entitled „Brioflora de pe substrat lemnos din bazinul superior al Arieşului. Studiibriotaxonomice, corologice, ecologice şi cenologice” (The woody substrate bryoflora from the superior11