Malesia Bryophytes Diversity

Abstract

Bryophyte is a division of plants that lives on land, generally it is green and reproduces through spores, has ecological and economic functions, and plays an important role in forest ecosystems. It spreads out almost in all parts of the earth with different characters in each group. It is divided into 3 groups, namely liverwort, true moss, and hornwort, which are phylogeny and true liverwort is in the same lineage. The number of bryophytes species is around 18000 with the largest distribution area of bryophyte diversity in tropical and subtropical latitudes, such as the Malesia region which includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Brunei. Various studies were carried out related to the diversity of bryophyte, especially in the Malesia region, and found various types including new species, new records, and new characters.

Mosses at the bodogol natural conservation education center: species, diversity index, and evenness index

“…The richness of the moss species was due to the Kanopi route that is far from air pollution. This is consistent with Susilo, Huda, & Amrul (2020), stating that moss body size can be influenced by pollution. The more the air is contaminated by pollution, the moss body structure will decrease.…”