Bryophyte flora of Mount Tebu Forest Reserve, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia

By

Atiqah, Nur Saidatul
Pesiu, Elizabeth
Sarimi, Syafiq
Shafie, Aishah
Koid, Chin Wen
Norhazrina, Nik
Syazwana, Nur
Lee, Gaik Ee

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

234

Pages

35--49

Subjects

Biodiversity , Bryophytes , Checklist , Malaysia , Marchantiophyta , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.234.105783

 

Abstract

A checklist of the bryophyte flora of Mount Tebu Forest Reserve in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, is presented. A total of 189 taxa in 71 genera and 26 families were enumerated. This figure represents 63% of the 298 bryophyte species recorded so far for the State of Terengganu. Out of 189 taxa of bryophytes, 26 liverworts are new additions to the bryoflora of Terengganu. The most prominent liverwort family is represented by Lejeuneaceae, with 54 species from 17 genera, while the moss family is the Sematophyllaceae, with 34 taxa in 13 genera. The majority of the species are epiphytes, either corticolous or ramicolous. Almost half of the bryophyte species have wider elevational ranges and occur from the lowlands to the summit of Mount Tebu.