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Issue: Vol. 455 No. 3: 12 August 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.455.3.6
Page range: 229–234
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

Floristic habitat sampling yielded Spruceanthus planifolius (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) new to China

Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum (Branch of Shanghai Science & Technology Museum), Shanghai 200041, China.
School of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China.
Xuzhou No.1 Middle School, Xuzhou 221000, China.
Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
School of Life Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
Albrecht von Haller Institute, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205), 75005 Paris, France.
Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Ptychanthoideae Tianmushan National Nature Reserve new record sampling Bryophytes

Abstract

Spruceanthus planifolius, a rare species previously known only from Japan and Korea, is reported here for the first time from China. This species is characterized by the large leaf lobules ca. 1/2 as long as leaf lobes, the lobule with one tooth, and the lobular tooth 3–4 cells long and 2–3 cells wide at base. Detailed description and illustrations of S. planifolius are provided. The intensive Floristic Habitat Sampling (FHS) approach is suggested as the reason for the discovery of this rare species from China.