Philonotis Hastata (duby) Wijk & Margad. (bartramiaceae, Bryophyta) a Pantropical Species New to the European Continent

Philonotis hastata (Duby) Wijk & Margad., a pantropical species, is recorded for the first time on the European continent in a subtropical Mediterranean climate zone in the province of Malaga (Spain). Based on the collected samples, the taxon is described and illustrated and some differential characters are noted. The phylogenetic position of the Iberian plants is inferred on the basis of ITS sequences since until now the phylogenetic placement of this taxon has not been dis-cussed.