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Mosses in the karst forest of Puting Bato, Polillo Island, the Philippines
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Issue

thnhmjournal vol17 no2

Authors

Eugene Lorence R. Logatoc
Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College 4031, Laguna, the Philippines
Louell M. Ozarraga
Department of Plant Science, College of Agriculture, Mindanao State University Marawi, Marawi City 9700, Lanao del Sur, the Philippines
Ivy Amor F. Lambio
Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,University of the Philippines Los Baños, College 4031, Laguna, the Philippines / Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College 4031, Laguna, the Philippines

Abstract

Abstract

The mosses of the Puting Bato karst area –one of the remaining patches of forest-over-limestone in the Polillo Group of Islands, the Philippines –are here documented. A total of 31 species and two varieties of mosses in 21 genera and 12 families are reported based on the examination of earlier and recent collections from the area. Of these, 18 taxa are recorded for the first time in the Polillo Group of Islands. The most species-rich families are Neckeraceae (eight species), Fissidentaceae (five species), and Thuidiaceae (four species). Grouping of species based on their affinity to the limestone habitat proposed by Mohamed (1987) is here applied to taxa occurring on calcareous substrates, i.e. Exclusives (one species), Preferents (four species), Indifferents (18 taxa), and Casuals (four taxa). Relevant information on habitat, substrate preferences, and new distribution records are provided.

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Keywords

Limestone karsts
bryophytes
bryophyte inventory
new records

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