Notes on the Bryophytes of Madagascar 2. New liverwort and hornwort records

Abstract

During the identification of the epiphyllous liverworts collected in Madagascar for the purposes of description of foliicolous communities, 11 species turned out as new to the flora of the island, one of them (Cololejeunea ocelloides) to the whole of Africa. In addition, 8 other species hitherto known only from one place in Madagascar became known from other localities. Finally two new synonyms were established.

Notes on Some Species of Colura (Lejeuneaceae, Jungermanniopsida), with Description of Colura Cataractarum from Madagascar

“…14(3): 497 (1987) (Figs 8, 24) -Tanzania, we have found new localities in the western part of Nguru Mts: on Erica twigs in the summit bush of Mafulumula Ridge, at 2,050 m, on twigs in the elfin forest at our campsite NE from Divue headwaters at 2,090 m elevation, G. Kis, T. Pócs 9124/ S, 9130/AP (EGR, NAI). This large and spectacular species preferring ericaceous twigs was hitherto known in Tanzania from the Kilimanjaro Mts (type), West Usambara Mts, E part of Nguru Mts, Rungwe Mts (Jones and Pócs 1987, Pócs 1994, Pócs and Váňa 2015; Kenya (Enroth et al 2019, Pócs andVáňa 2015) and from Rwanda (Fischer 2013). Pócs, Similar to Colura ochyrana Pócs from Peru (Pócs 2019) and C. junghuhniana Steph.…”

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

“…The checklist of the liverworts of this area proposed here, is based on the records of this field trip and of herbarium-housed specimens collected during earlier explorations and recent data from the literature (Reeb et al 2018;Reeb and Gradstein 2020;Pócs 2011Pócs , 2015Pócs , 2020a2021;Sass-Gyarmati and Reeb 2021;Sass-Gyarmati et al 2022).…”

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

“…Bescherelle, 1880Bescherelle, , 1881Renaud & Cardot, 1915) and more recent exploration of the island (e.g. Pócs & Geissler, 2002;Pócs & Váňa, 2015;Ellis et al, 2017Ellis et al, , 2018aEllis et al, , 2018bReeb et al, 2018), documentation of Malagasy bryophytes is limited and the bryoflora remains poorly understood. This is true of both our taxonomic knowledge as well as our understanding of bryophyte evolution and ecology on the island.…”