OBSERVATIONS ON THE ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCRYPHAEA WARDII, A SOUTHEAST ASIAN MONOSPECIFIC GENUS, REPORTED NEW FOR CHINA FROM YUNNAN PROVINCE

JAMES R. SHEVOCK; RYSZARD OCHYRA; WILLIAM R. BUCK

doi:10.18968/jhbl.100.0_407

OBSERVATIONS ON THE ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCRYPHAEA WARDII, A SOUTHEAST ASIAN MONOSPECIFIC GENUS, REPORTED NEW FOR CHINA FROM YUNNAN PROVINCE

JAMES R. SHEVOCK, RYSZARD OCHYRA, WILLIAM R. BUCK

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Keywords: Hydrocryphaea wardii, bryogeography, Gaoligongshan, aquatic species, mosses, China, India, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan, Neckeraceae

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2006 Volume 100 Pages 407-418

DOI https://doi.org/10.18968/jhbl.100.0_407

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Abstract

Hydrocryphaea wardii Dixon, collected during a joint Sino-American expedition to the Gaoligongshan in 2002 and 2004, is reported new for China from Yunnan Province. These new Chinese records are geographically between the previously recorded sites of Assam, India, and Laos and Vietnam. The ecology and distribution of the moss are discussed. A revised description and new illustration of H. wardii are provided.

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