Bryological Notes An update on the distribution in mainland Portugal of bryophytes of the European Habitats Directive C A Garcia', C Sergio', C Vieira^ H Hespanhol% S Stow', M Sim-Sim'-^, D Long^ 'Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia, Jardim Botánico/Centro de Biología Ambiental (CBA), Lisboa, Portugal, ^Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos CIBIO/ Departamento de Biología, Campo Alegre, Porto, Portugal, ^üniversídade de Lisboa, Facutdade de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología Vegetal/Centro de Biologia Ambiental (CBA), Lisboa, Portugal, ''Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK Portugal, as part of the Iberian Peninsula, is one of the fioristically richest areas of the European Continent, largely due to the heterogeneity of environmental conditions. The north and north-western part of this area belongs to the Eurosiberian region, and the remaining part is included in the Mediterranean region. In 1992, the European Economic Community pre- sented the directive 92/43/EEC 'Habitats Direetive' on the conservation of natural habitats and their fauna and flora which represents the cornerstone of Europe's nature conservation (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ nature/legislation/habitatsdirective/index_en.htm). Several hundred animals and plant species including bryophytes that are considered of community interest are listed as endangered, vulnerable, rare, or endemic in the European territory of the member states. The main objective of this Directive is 'to promote the proteetion and maintenanee of biodiversity'. The three species presented below are listed in Annex II of this Direetive, and are also included in the Bern Convention (Convention on Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats): Bruchia vogesiaca Schwägr., Bryoerythrophyllum campylocar- pum (Miill.Hal.) H.A.Crum and Marsupella profunda Lindb. The latter two are Priority species: taxa which the European Community has particular responsi- bility over due to a significant part of their natural range being found in Europe. Bruchia vogesiaca Schwägr. Most Bruchia vogesiaca records in Portugal are from Serra da Estrela and Minho (Sergio et al, 1998; Garcia & Sergio, 2003), where the species is deemed to exhibit two major centres of occurrence (Figure 1). Correspondence to: C Garcia, Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia, Jardim Botánico/Centro de Bioiogia Ambiental (CBA), Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1250-102 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: cgarcia@fc.ul.pt Figure 1 Known distribution of Bruchia vogesiaca Schwägr. in Portugal. O: records untii 1980; •: records from 1980 onwards. 306 lournal of Bryology 2013 VOL.35 NO. 4 DOI 10.1179/17^13282013 Y.0000000071