Porellaceae (Hepaticae) in the Russian Far East

Abstract

Porellaceae are revised for the Russian Far East. The occurrence of 11 species is confirmed; the reports of 7 more taxa are based on misidentification and these taxa are excluded from the flora. Porella obtusata var. macroloba is newly recorded for Russian Federation. The paper provides 1) descriptions and figures based on her ba rium materials gathered in the Russian Far East and adjacent China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 2) an overview of the ecology and distribution of taxa in the area treated and 3) a key to species of Porella known in the Russian Far East, species that may be expected there, and species reported from other parts of the Rus sian Federation.

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of the liverwort, Porella grandiloba Lindb. (Porellaceae)

“…The identification of species and analysis of phylogenetic relationships within the Porella genus are difficult owing to the high degree of variability among morphological characteristics. Porella grandiloba Lindb., 1872 is primarily distributed in East Asia including China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Russian Far East (Piippo 1990 ; Bakalin and Klimova 2019 ). Natural population of P. grandiloba grows on shaded rocks and trunk base in broad-leaved forests.…”

“…Natural population of P. grandiloba grows on shaded rocks and trunk base in broad-leaved forests. P. grandiloba can be distinguished from allied species by its rounded leaf dorsal lobe apices and not the decurrent ventral leaf lobes (Bakalin and Klimova 2019 ). Despite the morphological distinctiveness of species, information on chloroplast (cp) genome of P. grandiloba , which is useful for identifying species and assessing phylogenetic relationships, has not been obtained.…”

The complete chloroplast genome of Porella gracillima Mitt. (Porellaceae) and phylogenetic relationships to other bryophytes

“…The leaves are very glossy even when dry, and are relatively hard and brownish to yellowish green. Underleaves are separated from each other, developing decurrent next to the stem, and have a triangular shape similar to an ovoid (Bakalin and Klimova 2019 ). In this study, we determined the complete chloroplast genome sequence of P. gracillima to provide genetic resources to show phylogenetic relationships.…”