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Acknowledgements
L. T. Ellis acknowledges the support of the Natural History Museum, London. The contributions by H. Bednarek-Ochyra were financially supported through the statutory fund of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The contribution of V. Plášek is part of research projects of EU structural funding Operational Programme Research and Development for Innovation, project No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/19.0388 and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in the ‘National Feasibility Program I’, project LO1208 ‘TEWEP’. H. Kürschner, M. Kırmacı and A. Erdağ gratefully acknowledge the financial support of TUBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), project no. TBAG 113Z631 (M. Kırmacı). M. Kırmacı is grateful to Fulya Filiz and Uğur Çatak for their kind help during the field studies. N. Pande, D. Gupta, P. Srivastava, V. Sahu and A. K. Asthana are grateful to the Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow for encouragement and providing facilities. They also thank the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi for providing financial assistance under project GAP-3437, and to Forest authorities of GWLS, Uttarkashi for permission to visit the study area. Financial support from CSIR- Supra institutional project BSC-0106 is also gratefully acknowledged.
The contribution by O. M. Afonina is part of research project AAAA-A181180222090078-2 Herbarium collections of BIN RAS (‘history, conservation, investigation and replenishment’) of Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and was also carried out within the framework of the institutional research ‘Flora of lichen and bryophytes of Russia and phytogeographically important regions’ (no. AAAA-A19-119020690077-4) of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The study by T. G. Ivchenko was funded by RFBR according to the research project no. 19-05-00830 and the study of A. I. Maksimov was carried out under state order (project no. 0218-2019-0078).
Daniel Spitale performed research within Contract No. WDD15/2017 «Sampling, Sample Analysis and Evaluation of Biological Quality Elements. Implementation of Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC». Contractor: I.A.CO Environmental & Water Consultants Ltd. Contracting Authority: Water Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Republic of Cyprus. The work of A. A. Vilnet was supported by RFBR 18-04-00594 and institutional research project АААА-А17-117121120045-5.
The research of D. Tubanova was conducted within the Governmental Contract AAAA-A17-117011810036-3 and partly RFBR (18-04-00822), and that of O. Dugarova was supported by RSF (18-14-00121). The work of S. S. Choi and S. J. Park was supported by the grant ‘Survey of Korean Indigenous Species’ from the National Institute of Biological Resources of Ministry of Environment in Korea to S. S. Choi. The contribution of A. Pivoras was in connection with the long-term ICP IM programme funded by the Environmental Protection Agency of Lithuania. The study by A. D. Potemkin was carried out within the framework of the institutional research project of Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences ‘Flora and systematics of lichens and bryophytes of Russia and phytogeographically important regions’ (АААА-А19-119020690077-4). M. Suleiman and N. J. Rajian are grateful to Sabah Parks for research permit granted to Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
M. Taha and D. Holyoak thank Professor Usama Y. Abou-Salama for collecting the specimens of Bryum klinggraeffi from Bahariya Oasis. The work of N. A. Konstantinova, A. N. Savchenko and A. A. Vilnet was supported by RFBR 18-04-00594 and institutional research project АААА-А17-117121120045-5. Research by I. V. Czernyadjeva was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grants # 18-05-60093) and it was carried out within the framework of the institutional research project (no. АААА-А19-119020690077-4) of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Juan Larraín would like to thank the curators at MO for full access to Manuel Mahu collections, and postdoctoral fund FONDECYT 3160556. Pedro Drapela would like to thank Constanza Alfaro and Gonzalo Rodríguez for their collecting efforts in northern Chile. A. Schäfer-Verwimp thanks Nelson Zamora (herbarium INB) for his generous support in obtaining collecting and export permits, and the late I. Holz for his kind hospitality and joining field work in Costa Rica. The work of V. Fedosov was supported by RSF Grant # 18-14-00121, and that of S. Choi and B.-Y. Sun was supported by the grant ‘Survey of Korean Indigenous Species’ from the National Institute of Biological Resources of Ministry of Environment in Korea to B.-Y. Sun. The study by E. D. Lapshina and E. Yu. Kuzmina was conducted in the framework of the funded projects (planned theme of the laboratory of lichenology and bryology of Komarov Botanical Institute ‘Flora of lichens and bryophytes of Russia and phytogeographically important regions’) № АААА-А19-119020690077-4 and of the theme of Yugra State University funded by RFBR and Government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, research project № 18-44-860017. R. D. Porley and N. G. Hodgetts thank Udo Schwarzer for his guidance to the coastal ravine at Bunheira, Algarve.