A Contribution to the Moss Flora of Taman Negara (Malaysia)

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A Contribution to the Moss Flora of Taman Negara (Malaysia)Author(s): Monte G. ManuelSource: Lindbergia, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1980), pp. 37-40Published by: Oikos Editorial OfficeStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20149359 .

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LINDBERGIA 6: 37^t0. Copenhagen 1980

A contribution to the moss flora of Taman Negara (Malaysia)

Monte G. Manuel

Manuel, M. G. 1980. A contribution to the moss flora of Taman Negara (Malaysia). -Lindbergia 6: 37^0.

Fifty-nine species of mosses are reported from the lowland rainforest near the Taman

Negara Headquarters at Kuala Tahan. Fissidens elegans Brid., Fissidens elmeri

Broth., Fissidens javanicus Dozy & Molk., Fissidens laxus Sull & Lesq., Syrrhopodon subulatus Lac, Pyrrhobryum longiflorum Mitt., Aerobryidium crispifolium (Broth. &

Geh.) Fleisch., Pinnatella ambiqua (Bosch. & Lac.) Fleisch., Chaetomitrium lan ceolatum Bosch. & Lac, Distichophyllum tortile Dozy & Molk, ex Bosch. & Lac,

Ectropothecium striatulum Dix., Trachythecium verrucosum (Hampe) Fleisch, and

Taxithelium alare Broth, are reported new to the flora of Peninsular Malaya. In

addition, twenty species are reported for the first time from the state of Pahang.

M. G. Manuel, Botany Dept, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Introduction

Taman Negara, the largest national park in Malaysia is

well known to the phanerogamic botanist for its rich and undisturbed tropical lowland evergreen and montane

rainforests (Soepadmo 1971). However, to the cryp

togamic botanist the park is a terra incognita

bryophytica. In July 1978 while accompanying the Honors Field Trip of the Botany Department of the

University of Malaya, I collected bryophytes in the lowland evergreen forests near park headquarters at

Kuala Tahan. The mosses collected are reported herein

while the hepatic collections are being worked up by Dr. H. Inoue of the Tokyo Science Museum and will be

reported on at a later date.

A total of 59 species were collected of which 13

species were previously unknown for the moss flora of

Peninsular Malaya. Twenty state records for Pahang were also found. Among the 13 species reported as new

to the peninsula, Aerobryidium crispifolium (Broth. &

Geh.) Fleisch., Fissidens elmeri Broth., Pyrrhobryum

longiflorum Mitt, and Taxithelium alare Broth, are

Accepted 20 November 1979

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LINDBERGIA 6: 1 (1980)

westward range extensions from Borneo, Celebes, and

the Philippines whereas the remaining nine species are common to areas surrounding Peninsular Malaya, i.e.

Java, Sumatra, Thailand, and Indochina. The large number of state records for Pahang is to be expected

considering that most mosses reported for the peninsula are known from only one to two stations.

Collections and list of localities

Voucher specimens are deposited in the Bryophyte Herbarium (KLU) of the Botany Department, Univer

sity of Malaya with occasional duplicates deposited in other herbaria as noted. A list of collection sites by collection numbers follows:

2504-2539 Pahang. Bukit Teresek Trail, elev. 200-1000 ft., 14 July 1978.

2540-2581 Pahang. Lata Berkoh area on Sungai Tahan, elev. 200-300 ft., 15 July 1978.

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Fig. 1. South East Asia with West and East Malaysia in black.

Fig. 2. West Malaysia with locality of Taman Negara and Kuala

Tahan.

2582-2602 Pahang. Trail from Kuala Tahan to Gua

Cave, elev. 200-250 ft., 16 July 1978. 2603-2625 Pahang. Gua Caves, ca. 250 ft., 16 July

1978. 2626-2651 Pahang. Kuala Trenggan Track to

Trenggan Hide, elev. ca. 200-350 ft., 17

July 1978.

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2652-2666 Pahang. Bukit Indah, quartz ridge on

Tembeling River, elev. ca. 250 ft., 17 July 1978.

2667-2678 Pahang. Area in back of Kuala Tahan, elev. 200 ft., 18 July 1978.

2679. Pahang. Up Sungai Tahan ca. 2 mi. from

Kuala Tahan, elev. ca. 250 ft., 19 July 1978.

List of species

Species marked with a single asterisk are state records

within Malaya whereas those species marked with a

double asterisk are new to Malaya. Only distributional

data within Peninsular Malaya is given.

Fissidentaceae

(Determined by R. A. Pursell; dup PAC) * Fissidens crassinervis Lac.

- Manuel 2514, 2531, 2592,

2598, 2636, & 2677. Distr. Malay Pen.: Perak, Pulau

Pinang, & Singapore. **F. elegans Brid. -Manuel 2510 & 2614. Distr. Malay

Pen.: (new). **F. elmeri Broth.

- Manuel 1595 p.p. Distr. Malay

Pen.: (new). *F. hollianus Dozy & Molk. - Manuel 2509 & 2524.

Distr. Malay Pen.: Perak, Pulau Pinang, & Trengganu. **F. javanicus Dozy & Molk. - Manuel 2582 p.p. &

2648. Distr. Malay Pen.: (new). **F. laxus Sull. & Lesq.

- Manuel 2552. Distr. Malay Pen.: (new). *F. zippelianus Dozy & Molk. - Manuel 2532, 2582

p.p. & 2594. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pulau Pinang & Singa

pore. **F. zollingeri Mont. ? Manuel 2595 p.p. Distr. Malay Pen.: Trengganu.

Leucobryaceae

*Arthrocormos schimperi Dozy & Molk. - Manuel 2525

& 2631. Distr. Malay Pen.: Kelantan, Perak, & Selan

gor.

Laucobryum aduncum Dozy & Molk. - Manuel 2659 &

2536. Distr. Malay Pen.: Melaka, Pahang, & Singapore. L. bowringgi Mitt. -Manuel 2570 & 2574. Distr. Malay Pen.: Johor, Kedah, Melaka, Pahang, & Perak.

*L. candidum (P. B.) Wils. - Manuel 2658. Distr.

Malay Pen.: Perak.

*Leucophanes octoblepharoides Brid. - Manuel 2530.

Distr. Malay Pen.: Negeri Sembilan, Pualu Pinang,

Selangor, & Singapore.

Calymperaceae

*Calymperes hampei Dozy & Molk. - Manuel 2542 & 2564. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pulau Pinang & Singapore.




*C. hyophylaceum C. M?ll, ex Besch. - Manuel 2504.

Distr. Malay Pen.: Selangor. C. serratum A. Braun ex. CM. -Manuel 2506 & 2676.

Distr. Malay Pen.: Perak & Pahang.

C. vriesei Besch. - Manuel 2511 & 2519. Distr. Malay

Pen.: Pahang & Pulau Pinang. * Syrrhopodon fallax Lac. - Manuel 2555 & 2597. Distr.

Malay Pen.: Melaka & Perak.

*S. spiculosus Hook. & Grev. -

Manuel 2522, 2528,

2537, 2657, 2660, 2662, & 2673. Distr. Malay Pen.:

Kedah, Pulau Pinang, & Singapore. **S. subulatus Lac.

- Manuel 2556. Distr. Malay Pen.

(new). *Mitthyridium flavum (C. M?ll) H. Robins. - Manuel

2517, 2526, 2541, & 2558. Distr. Malay Pen.: Singa pore. *M. manii (Fleisch.) H. Robins.

- Manuel 2512, 2653,

2655, & 2656. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pulau Pinang, &

Singapore.

Pottiaceae

Hyophila involuta (Hook.) Jaeg. - Manuel 2635. Distr.

Malay Pen.: Pahang.

Bryaceae

Bryum (subgen. Rhodobryum) graeffeanum C. M?ll. -

Manuel 2606 & 2623. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang.

Rhizogoniaceae

**Pyrrhobryum longiflorum Mitt. (Syn.: Rhizogonium longiflorum (Mitt.) Jaeg.

- Ber. S. Gall. Naturw. Ges.

1873-74: 223. 1875. (Ad 1: 685). Manuel 2566. Distr.

Malay Pen.: (new).

Pterobryaceae

Myurium pseudo-rufescens (Hampe) Maschke. - Man

uel 2563. Distr. Malaya Pen.: Melaka, Pahang, Perak &

Singapore.

Meteoriaceae

**Aerobryidium crispifolium (Broth. & Geh.) Fleisch. -

Manuel 2554. Distr. Malay Pen.: (new).

Neckeraceae

*Himantocladium plumula (Nees) Fleisch. - Manuel

2557, 2626, 2670. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pulau Pinang, Selangor & Trengganu.


Homaliodendron exiguum (Bosch. & Lac.) Fleisch. -

Manuel 2603, 2604, & 2643. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang & Perak.

*Neckeropsis gracilenta (Bosch. & Lac.) Fleisch. -

Manuel 2627, 2628, 2633, & 2651. Distr. Malay Pen.:

Kedah, Melaka, Perak, Selangor, & Singapore. **Pinnatella ambiqua (Bosch. & Lac.) Fleisch. - Man

uel 2607b, 2609, 2610, 2620, 2622. Distr. Malay Pen.:

(new). P. kuehliana (C. M?ll.) Fleisch. - Manuel 2611. Distr.

Malay Pen.: Pahang, Selangor, & Singapore. P. microptera (C. M?ll.) Fleisch. - Manuel 2505, 2507

(dup. det. A. Noguchi), 2527, 2584, 2669. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang, & Singapore.

Hookeriaceae

*Chaetomitrium born?ense Mitt. - Manuel 2630, 2639,

2640, & 2672. Distr. Malay Pen.: Perak & Selangor. **C. lanceolatum Bosch. & Lac.

- Manuel 2520. Distr.

Malay Pen.: (new). *Callicostella prabaktiana (C. M?ll.) Bosch. & Lac.

-

Manuel 2551 & 2586a. Distr. Malay Pen.: Negeri Sem

bilan, Pulau Pinang, & Singapore. **Distichophyllum tortile Dozy & Molk, ex Bosch. &

Lac. - Manuel 2577. Distr. Malay Pen.: (new).

Hypopterygiaceae

Hypopterygium aristatum Bosch. & Lac. - Manuel 2608

& 2619. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang.

Thuidiaceae

*Pelekium bifarium (Bosch. & Lac.) Fleisch. - Manuel 2523 & 2612. Distr. Malay Pen.: Perak, Perlis, Selan

gor, & Singapore. P. velatum Mitt. - Manuel 2583, 2607a, 2613, 2617.

Distr. Malay Pen.: Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang,

Perak, Selangor, & Singapore. Thuidium plumulosum (Dozy & Molk.) Dozy & Molk. -Manuel 2540. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang & Selangor.

Hypnaceae

Ectropothecium dealbatum (Hornsch. & Reinw.) Jaeg. -

Manuel 2521. Distr. Malay Pen.: Negri Sembilan,

Pahang, Perak, & Pulau Pinang. **E. striatulum Dix. -

Manuel 2550. -

Distr. Malay Pen.: (new).

Isopterygium bancanum (Lac.) Jaeg. - Manuel 2615 &

2637. Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang, Pulau Pinang, &

Selangor. /. minutirameum (C. M?ll.) Jaeg. -Manuel 2513, 2534,

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& 2581. Distr. Malay Pen.: Johor, Pahang, Perak, &

Singapore. */. pohliaecarpum (Sull. & Lesq.) Jaeg.

- Manuel 2529

& 2638. Distr. Malay Pen.: Perak.

**Trachythecium verrucosum (Hampe) Fleisch. - Man

uel 2632 & 2671. Distr. Malay Pen.: (new).

Sematophyllaceae

Acanthorrhychium papillatum (Harv.) Fleisch. - Man

uel 2546, 2560, 2569, 2576, & 2579. Distr. Malay Pen.:

Kedah, Pahang & Selangor.

*Sematophyllum saproxylophilum (C. M?ll.) Fleisch. -

Manuel 2515. Distr. Malay Pen.: Selangor. **Taxithelium alare Broth. -

Manuel 2599. Distr.

Malay Pen.: (new). T. nepalense (Schwaegr.) Broth. -

Manuel 2586b. Distr.

Malay Pen.: Pahang, Palau Pinang, & Singapore.

Trismegistia calderensis (Sull.) Broth. -

Manuel 2573.

Distr. Malay Pen.: Pahang. T. lancifolia (Harv.) Broth. - Manuel 2553, 2567, & 2575. Distr. Malay Pen.: Johor, Melaka, Pahang, Pulau

Pinang, & Singapore.

Polytrichaceae

Racelopus pilifer Dozy & Molk. -

Manuel 2678. Distr.

Malay Pen.: Kelantan, Melaka, Negri Sembilan,

Pahang, Perak, & Selangor.

Acknowledgements - I thank Dr A. Kuthubutheen and Mr

Ratnasabapathy for the organization and execution of the Honors Field Trip, the Park Rangers for their generous help, and Dr B. C. Stone for reading the manuscript and Encik Raz ali Awang for his art work.

Reference

Soepadmo, E. 1971. Plants and vegetation along the path from Kuala Tahan to Gunong Tahan. -

Malay. Nat. J. 24: 118-124.

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