Four Remarkable Additions to the Biodiversity of Chinese Mosses
Mamtimin Sulayman,
Vladimir Fedosov,
Vítězslav Plášek
Affiliations
Mamtimin Sulayman
Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
Vladimir Fedosov
Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
Vítězslav Plášek
Department of Botany, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Four species of moss genus Schistidium are reported for the first time from China. All of them have been found in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Ecological and distributional details of the newly recorded species are provided and their local distribution is mapped. Photographs of the species are attached. Checklist of Schistidium species and identifying key are added. Considering the present records, Schistidium consists of 15 species in China.
