An annotated checklist of the bryophytes of Taita Hills region, Kenya

Johannes Enroth; Tamas Pocs; Xiaolan He; Petri Nyqvist; Åsa C S Stam; Itambo Malombe; Jouko Kalevi Rikkinen

doi:10.2478/cszma-2019-0007

An annotated checklist of the bryophytes of Taita Hills region, Kenya

Johannes Enroth, Tamas Pocs, Xiaolan He, Petri Nyqvist, Åsa C S Stam, Itambo Malombe, Jouko Kalevi Rikkinen

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Abstract

Based on previous literature and our own collections, we list 288 bryophyte species (145 liverworts, 143 mosses) from the Taita Hills region (including Mt. Kasigau and Maktau Hill) in SE Kenya. New records for Kenya include the liverworts Archilejeunea elobulata Steph., Bazzania nitida (F. Weber) Grolle, Cololejeunea grossepapillosa (Horik.) N. Kitag., Diplasiolejeunea kraussiana (Lindenb.) Steph., D. villaumei Steph., Lejeunea amaniensis E.W. Jones, L. cyathearum E.W. Jones, Lopholejeunea laciniata E.W. Jones, Metzgeria crassipilis (Lindb.) A. Evans, M. nudifrons Steph., Plagiochila boryana (F. Weber) Nees, and P. moenkemeyeri Steph., and the mosses Leucophanes hildebrandtii Müll. Hal. and Neckeromnion lepineanum (Mont.) S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt. A further 22 liverworts and 13 mosses previously known from other parts of Kenya are reported for the first time from the Taita Hills region.

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Musei Silesiae. Scientiae Naturales
Volume	68
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	53–66
Number of pages	14
ISSN	2336-3193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0007
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology

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Biodiversity of Taita Hills, Kenya
Rikkinen, J.
01/01/2009 → …
Project: Research project
BTHK: Bryophytes of Taita Hills, Kenya
Enroth, J., Rikkinen, J., Malombe, I. & Pocs, T.
01/01/2009 → …
Project: Research project
Multidisciplinary Studies on the Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Cyanobacteria, Eukaryotic Phototrophs and Fungi
Rikkinen, J.
01/01/1995 → …
Project: Research project

Taita Research Station
Faculty of Science
Facility/equipment: Equipment
The Finnish Museum of Natural History and its collections
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Facility/equipment: Equipment

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An annotated checklist of the bryophytes of Taita Hills region, Kenya

Abstract

Fields of Science

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Projects

Biodiversity of Taita Hills, Kenya

BTHK: Bryophytes of Taita Hills, Kenya

Multidisciplinary Studies on the Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Cyanobacteria, Eukaryotic Phototrophs and Fungi

Equipment

Taita Research Station

The Finnish Museum of Natural History and its collections

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