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Issue: Vol. 762 No. 2: 16 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.762.2.10
Page range: 191-197
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Discovery of Sciuro-hypnum tromsoeense (Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta) in China: Morphological Diagnostics and Insights into Holarctic Bryophyte Dispersal

School of Pharmacy; Xinjiang Hetian College; Hetian; Xinjiang 848000; P.R. China
College of Life Sciences; Hebei Normal University; Shijiazhuang 050024; P.R. China
College of Life Sciences; Hebei Normal University; Shijiazhuang 050024; P.R. China
School of Pharmacy; Xinjiang Hetian College; Hetian; Xinjiang 848000; P.R. China; College of Life Science and Technology; Xinjiang University; Urumqi; Xinjiang 830046; P.R. China
College of Life Sciences; Hebei Normal University; Shijiazhuang 050024; P.R. China
Bryophytes migration corridor molecular identification Xinjiang

Abstract

Sciuro-hypnum tromsoeense is a taxonomically distinctive and challenging species of Sciuro-hypnum (Brachytheciaceae). Primarily distributed in Northern and Central Europe, it has no prior East Asian records. Based on morphological and molecular evidence, we formally report it as a new Chinese record from Yili, Xinjiang. This discovery fills the species’ Central Asia-northwest China distribution gap, supports the Tianshan Mountains as an important east-west migration corridor for Arctic-boreal bryophytes, and provides empirical evidence for floristic connections between the Eurasian Arctic-boreal and East Asian temperate regions.

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How to Cite

Abdugeni, G., Peng, X., Liang, H., Sulayman, M. & Li, M. (2026) Discovery of Sciuro-hypnum tromsoeense (Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta) in China: Morphological Diagnostics and Insights into Holarctic Bryophyte Dispersal. Phytotaxa 762 (2): 191–197. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.762.2.10