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Type: Article
Published: 2003-12-30
Page range: 139–145
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Mosses of Gunung Serapi, Sarawak, Borneo

Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bryophyta mosses Borneo

Abstract

Collections of mosses have been made from the 911 metre high Gunung (Mount) Serapi in Sarawak. A total of 77 species in 37 genera within 17 families were discovered and are enumerated below. Five species are reported for the first time for Borneo: Aerobryidium aureonitens (Hook. ex Schwägr.)Broth., Distichophyllum schmidtii Broth., Mitthyridium fasciculatum subsp obtusifolium (Lindb.) M.Menzel, Papillidiopsis complanata (Dixon) W.R.Buck & B.C.Tan and Trichosteleum stigmosum Mitt. Seventeen species are new records for Sarawak. One family, Bartramiaceae, and 3 genera, Aerobryidium, Leucoloma, Philonotis, are new to Sarawak. The largest family is Calymperaceae, with 6 genera and 21 species, followed by Sematophyllaceae, with 10 genera and 19 species.

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