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Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-29
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Additional new and noteworthy moss (Bryophyta) records from Vietnam and Laos

Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569, Republic of Singapore
Department of Ecology - Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sciences, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Dist. 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465, USA
Department of Botany, Southern Institute of Ecology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 1 Mac Dinh Chi Street, Dist. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
new records mosses Vietnam Laos Indochina Bryophyta

Abstract

This study of recent collections of mosses in Vietnam and Laos yield, 10 new records for Indochina, 15 new records for Vietnam, 2 new records for Laos, and 5 other noteworthy records, including significant range extension and validation of doubtful records. Acroporium rufum is an erroneous record and should be removed from the Vietnamese flora. A new combination Distichophyllum cuspidatum var. subcuspidatum is proposed, whereas Trichosteleum montanum is considered a new synonym of Papillidiopsis ramulina. The occurrence of Thuidium pristocalyx var. orientale, a name missed out in previous moss checklist of Vietnam, is here supported with an authentic specimen. Trismegistia lancifolia and T. rigida (= T. calderensis var. convoluta), which have been recently resurrected from synonymy accepted in previous checklists, are both confirmed to occur in Vietnam from our collection.

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