A pilot workshop on Bryophytes at the National Herbarium (TAN) reveals the presence of seven additional species for Madagascar

Abstract

We present a contribution to the knowledge of the Malagasy bryoflora that results from a BRYOTAN workshop organized in September 2018 at the Antananarivo Herbarium (TAN) housed at the Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar, within the framework of the BRYOTAN project (Bryophytes of TAN). Seven taxa reported here as new for Madagascar were found among the specimens stored in TAN. These findings illustrate the interest of this sort of initiative, the potential richness of the unstudied material in herbaria, and the necessity of exploring regions that are bryologically poorly known within Madagascar.

Checklist and distribution of the liverworts of the Andasibe (Périnet) region (Madagascar)

“…In September 2018, within the frame of BRYOTAN a workshop was conducted in TAN herbarium (Parc zoologique et Botanique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar), resulting in seven taxa reported as new to Madagascar found among specimens stored in TAN herbarium (Reeb et al 2019). This workshop was followed by a field trip involving 13 bryologists in the Andasibe National Park and its surroundings (Figures 3, 4).…”