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BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE CUBAN BRYOPHYTE FLORA
Author(s) -
Pôcs Tamás
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221103
Subject(s) - bryophyte , endemism , flora (microbiology) , biogeography , moss , ecology , genus , floristics , phytogeography , geography , biology , botany , taxon , paleontology , bacteria
Summary A distribution pattern analysis of 377 Cuban liverworts and 386 mosses shows a relatively high rate of endemism (11.4% and 12.2%, respectively), which is comparable to the rate of endemism in Cuban ferns but much lower than phanerogamic endemism (51.4%). In the Cuban bryoflora neotropical and Caribbean elements as well as Antillean subendemics prevail. The species/genus ratio (4:1 for the liverworts and 2:7 for the mosses), and the relatively high insularity index (3:1 for liverworts and 5:0 for mosses) are indicative of long‐term isolation of the Cuban bryophyte flora and the large size of the island.