An archipelago within an archipelago: A checklist of liverworts and hornworts of Kepulauan Sunda Kecil (Lesser Sunda Islands), Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor)

By

Nadhifah, Ainun
Söderström, Lars
Hagborg, Anders
Aditya Putri Iskandar, Eka
Haerida, Ida
Von Konrat, Matt

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

180

Pages

1--30

Subjects

Checklist , hornworts , Indonesia , Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara , Kepulauan Sunda Kecil , Lesser Sunda Islands , Liverworts , Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.65836

 

Abstract

The first ever liverwort and hornwort checklist is provided for the Kepulauan Sunda Kecil (Lesser Sunda Islands) of Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor). We report 129 accepted taxa, 12 doubtful taxa and three rejected taxa previously reported for the Lesser Sunda Islands. The list is based on over 130 literature references, including monographs, regional studies, and molecular investigations. It is clear that bryophytes from this region have been overlooked historically, and under collected, compared to seed plants, birds, and other organisms, forming a remarkable gap in the flora of Indonesia. Publications dealing with liverworts of Lesser Sunda Islands are few and scattered. We predict that further fieldwork, in addition to collections unveiled from regional herbaria, will uncover a number of new records that remain to be reported, especially considering that regionally widespread species have been recorded elsewhere.