The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Kedrovaya Pad’ Nature Reserve – an intact enclave of East Manchurian flora in Russia

Abstract

The updated checklist of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae for Kedrovaya Pad' Nature Reserve is compiled based on literature sources and own studies. The checklist counts 74 species (and 2 varieties), with 35 species newly recorded for the reserve. Calypogeia tosana is recorded for the first time for Russia. The flora of the reserve is rather typical for cool temperate zone of East Manchuria and houses several taxa known in Russia from studied nature reserve only.K e y w o r d s :

A new large-celled species of Plagiochila (Plagiochilaceae, Hepaticae) from the southern flank of the Russian Far East

“…Plagiochila sichotensis may be expected in old-growth mixed fo rests covering low to middle elevations of East-Manchurian Mountains. However, the probability of such occasion may be low due to strong disturbance of natural vegetation in Manchuria and because of relatively robust phytogeogra phic difference between Manchurian and SikhoteAlin flora also discussed before (Fedosov et al 2016;Bakalin et al 2017). In general, the discovery of P. sichoten sis again reconfirms the potential possibility to find several other new hepatic taxa in the contact zone of Circumboreal and East Asian floristic provinces.…”