A preliminary study of bryophytes in the Khao Soi Dao wildlife sanctuary, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand

Abstract

An investigation of bryophyte diversity of Khao Soi Dao wildlife sanctuary, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand was carried out in April 2013. In total, 387 specimens were enumerated, consisting of 103 species (45 liverworts, 1 hornwort, 57 mosses), 67 genera (25 liverworts, 1 hornwort, 41 mosses), and 38 families (14 liverworts, 1 hornwort, 23 mosses), excluding those as yet unidentified to species. Among these, four species of mosses, including Clastobryum glabrescens (Z.Iwats.) B.C.Tan, Z.Iwats. & D.H.Norris, Macromitrium lorifolium Paris & Broth., Pterobryopsis gedehensis M.Fleisch., and Radulina borbonica (Bél.) W.R.Buck, are newly reported to Thailand in this paper.

Keywords

• bryophytes
• Chanthaburi Province
• Khao Soi Dao wildlife sanctuary