Identity of Porotrichum perplexans (Neckeraceae, Musci) from China

Porotrichum perplexans Dix. from Central China is reduced to synonymy with Homaliodendron papillosum Broth

Taxonomic results of the Bryotrop expedition to Zaire and Rwanda : 23., Neckeraceae, Pterobryaceae, Hypopterygiaceae

Neckera submacrocarpa may be recognized by the numerous paraphyllia to ca. 2 mm long, and distally rugose perichaetial leaves. According to De Sloover (1977), it occurs in montane forests and Senecio heaths between 2 400 and 3 650 m. The present material was collected between 3 400 and 3 700 m; one specimen was growing on rotten wood and the others on Senecio. Neckera submacrocarpa is endemic to Africa, being mainly distributed on the mountains of East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Rwanda). A disjunct occurrence is located on Mt. Cameroon

Neckera inopinata (Neckeraceae, Bryophyta), a new species from Hunan and Zhejiang, China

Neckera inopinata Enroth (Neckeraceae) is described as a new species from Hunan Province and Zhejiang Province, China. It can be distinguished by the following suite of characters: plants of relatively small stature; leaves variably undulate, shortly decurrent, ovate-lingulate to ovate; costa reaching to midleaf or above; leaf margins very sharply serrulate; and upper laminal cells solid-walled. An identification key to the species of Neckera s.l. in China is provided.Peer reviewe

Homalia pennatula (Musci: Neckeraceae), a new combination from Southeast Asia, with a key to the species of Homalia

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The bryophytes of Sabah (North Borneo) with special reference to the BRYOTROP -transect of Mount Kinabalu. IV. Leucobryaceae (Bryopsida)

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Thamnobryum capense comb. nov. (Neckeraceae, Musci)

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Notes on five, mainly high-altitude species of Chinese Neckera, with an updated key to Neckera sensu lato in China

This paper presents new distributional records of five Chinese species of Neckera Hedw.: N. bhutanensis Nog. (new to Sichuan and Yunnan), N. borealis Nog. (new to Xinjiang), N. himalayana Mitt. (Yunnan, new to China), N. setschwanica Broth. (new to Bhutan), and N. xizangensis Enroth (new to Sichuan and Yunnan, the first reports of the species since type material from Xizang). Maps showing the distributions of the treated species in China and an updated key to the Chinese species of Neckera sensu lato are provided.Peer reviewe

Notes on the Neckeraceae (Musci) : 19., the identity of Porothamnium ceylonense

Based on the gametophyte characters, Porothamnium ceylonense Fleisch. is transferred to Thamnobryum Nieuwl. and the combination T. ceylonense (Fleisch.) Enroth is made. The species is lectotypified and line drawings of it are provided

Altitudinal zonation of bryophytes on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea : a floristic approach, with phytogeographic considerations

The study is based on the major part of the bryophyte material collected during the Koponen-Norris expedition on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, in 1981. Only taxa which were collected at least twice are included. Five altitudinal zones, the boundaries of which are indicated by discontinuities in the bryophyte flora, are distinguished: 0 - 300 m, 300 - 1200 m, 1200 - 2200(-2300) m, 2200(-2300) - 2800(- 2900) m, and 2800(-2900) -3400 m. These zones, each characterized by a typical species assemblage, are well in accordance with some earlier New Guinean zonation schemes based on the phanerogamic flora and vegetation. The most obvious correlations between bryophytes’ altitudinal ranges on the Huon Peninsula and their general phytogeography are: New Guinean or Western Melanesian endemics, as well as Malesian endemics, are concentrated at relatively high altitudes (zones III-V); Asian - Oceanian and Asian - Oceanian - Australian taxa, notably mosses, are relatively strongly represented at low to moderate altitudes (zones I-III); species which have their main distribution in the northern hemisphere occur at high altitudes; 'cosmopolitan' species either have wide vertical ranges or are restricted to high altitudes

Neckera xizangensis (Neckeraceae, Bryophyta), a new species from China

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