Open AccessTrachycarpidium echinatum (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta): a new genus and species record for Thailand
Author(s) -
Punnat Changsalak,
Arunothai Jampeetong,
Narin Printarakul
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plant and fungal systematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.273
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2657-5000
pISSN - 2544-7459
DOI - 10.2478/pfs-2018-0009
Subject(s) - pottiaceae , deciduous , geography , genus , ecology , hardwood , forestry , archaeology , biology , moss
Trachycarpidium echinatum ( Pottiaceae ) is here reported as a new genus and species for Thailand, where it occurs on soil in deciduous dipterocarp-oak hardwood seasonal forest in a protected area of the Hariphunchai Education Centre of Chiang Mai University, Lamphun Province, northern Thailand. A description, line drawings, photographs and SEM micrographs based on Thai material are provided, and the ecology and distribution of this species are described and discussed.