Southern thailand bryophytes II Epiphylls from the Phang-Nga area

Abstract

The collection of epiphyllous bryophytes in the lowland rainforests of Phang-Nga province and in the neighbouring Phuket and Surat Thani provinces resulted in 54 liverwort and one moss species, of which 14 are new records for the bryoflora of Thailand. Epiphyllous bryophyte assemblages from nine localities are evaluated for species richness and beta diversity, as well as for their phytogeographical status.

A study of community structure and beta diversity of epiphyllous liverwort assemblages in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

“…The overall conclusion is that the major component of pattern formation in epiphyllous liverwort assemblages from Sabah is species replacement (50-60% for individual forests, 66% for combined data), while richness difference is less pronounced (20-25%). This is in contrast to the results of a study performed on similar assemblages in southern Thailand (Pócs and Podani 2015), where differences in species number were much more influential than species replacement (50% versus 37%). In any case, beta diversity -the sum of richness difference and species replacement -is extremely high in both studies, leaving only 10-20% similarity in the species composition of leaf surfaces.…”

The genus Ephemeropsis (Daltoniaceae, Bryophyta) in Thailand

“…Few reports of Ephemeropsis in Thailand have been published, probably due to the scarcity of bryological surveys in this country (Sukkharak & Chantanaorrapint, 2014). One species has been reported: E. tjibodensis (Dixon, 1932(Dixon, , 1935Akiyama et al, 2011;Pócs & Podani, 2015). The purpose of the present paper is to summarize current knowledge of the genus Ephemeropsis within the framework of the study and floristic treatment of the bryophyte flora of Thailand.…”

“…Based on geographical localities from field surveys, herbarium specimens, and data from published literature (Dixon, 1932(Dixon, , 1935Akiyama et al, 2011;Pócs & Podani, 2015), the peninsular region of the country exhibits a great diversity of species (Fig. 3).…”

<i>Cheilolejeunea vittata</i> (Steph. <i>ex</i> G. Hoffm.) R.M. Schust. & Kachroo (Lejeuneaceae: Marchantiophyta) – A newly recorded species from India

“…Habitat: Epiphytic, growing in moist and shady places. Distribution: India [Manipur -present study], China (Zhu & So, 1999;Zhu et al, 2002), Indonesia (Söderström et al, 2010), Malaysia (Chuah-Petiot, 2011), Papua New Guinea (Grolle & Piippo 1984), Sri Lanka (Rubasinghe & Long, 2014), Thailand (Lai et al, 2008;Pócs & Podani, 2015), Philippines (Mizutani, 1980), Australia (Thiers, 1992(Thiers, , 1997.…”