An updated checklist of liverworts and hornworts of Malaysia

Gaik Ee Lee; S Robbert Gradstein; Elizabeth Pesiu; Nik Norhazrina

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.199.76693

An updated checklist of liverworts and hornworts of Malaysia

PhytoKeys. 2022 Jun 6:199:29-111. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.199.76693. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Gaik Ee Lee¹, S Robbert Gradstein^{2

3}, Elizabeth Pesiu¹, Nik Norhazrina⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
² Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
³ Meise Botanic Garden, 1860 Meise, Belgium.
⁴ Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institute de Systematique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205), 75005 Paris, France.

Abstract

An updated checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of Malaysia accepts 773 species and 31 infraspecific taxa of liverworts, in 120 genera and 40 families, and 7 species of hornworts (6 genera, 3 families). The largest family is Lejeuneaceae with 312 species in 30 genera, accounting for 40% of the total number of species. The largest genera are Cololejeunea, Bazzania and Frullania with 90, 61 and 55 species, respectively. The greatest number of species has been recorded from Sabah with 568 species, followed by Pahang and Sarawak with 338 and 265 species, respectively.

Keywords: Bryophytes; Malaysia; checklist; hornworts; liverworts; species.

Gaik Ee Lee, S. Robbert Gradstein, Elizabeth Pesiu, Nik Norhazrina.