Research Paper

Notes on Bryophytes of Taiwan (1-36)

Tzen-Yuh Chiang, Chen-Meng Kuo

Published on: March 1989

Page: 74 - 156

DOI: 10.6165/tai.1989.34.74

Abstract

Since 1981 many specimens have been collected and examined by the authors. The problematic and valuable taxa are studied and noted. 36 genera are discussed, of which eleven genera are new additions to the bryoflora of Taiwan. They are Blindia, Cirriphyllum, Camphliadelphus, Cynodonitium, distichium, Hygrohypnum, Orthothecium, Sphaerotheciella, splachnobryum, Pterigynandrum and Hampeella. Distichophyllum pseudo-malayense sp. Nov., Rhaphidostichum stissophyllum comb. Nov. and Fissidens crenulatus var. pursellii stat. nov. are new to science. Other 25 species and 3 varieties are reported for the first time in Taiwan. They are Acroporium alto-pungens, Aerobryidium aureo-nitens, Didymodon nigrescens, Encalypta rhaptocarpa , Entodontopsis anceps, Fabronia ciliaris, F. matsumurae, Fissidens crenulatus, F. crenulatus var. elmeri, F. rupicola, F. kinabaluensis, F. crassinervis, F. flabellulus, F. ganguleei, F. leptopelma, F. mangarevensis, Forsstroemia cryphacoides, Leucodon exalatatus, L. sinensis, Plagiomnium confertidens, Plagiothecium curvifolium, Pterobryopsis gedehensis, Racomitrium heterostichum var. sudeticum, Schwetschkeopsis fabronia, Tayloria hornschuchii, Tortula norvegica, Daltonia angustifolia var. gemmiphylla and Aptychella brevinervis. Moreover Boulaya mittenii, Horikawaea nitida, Macromitrium uraiense are reconfirmed to be distributed in Taiwan. Discussions are madeon 7 noteworthy species, including Hymenostylium recurvirostre, Fissidens japonica-punctatus, F. ceylonensis, F. mittenii, F. laxus, F. esquirolii and Camphlopus gracilentus.

中文摘要

作者自1981年始,在台灣各地及蘭嶼進行苔蘚植物採集及調查,主要沿橫貫、新中橫及其他林道及步道上登中央山脈及其支脈,低海拔之調查則以台北盆地、曾文水庫及恆春半島為中心,作者針對分類上有價值或具疑問的分類群進行研究,提出探討一本報告中記有新種1、新組合1及一個新分類階層,此外,有2個新紀錄科,11個新紀錄屬及其他25種、3個變種為首次在台發現,此外,3個有價值的種類被再發現,作者並針對7個疑問種進行探討或確定。

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