A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF CHINESE LEPIDOZIACEAE FLORA

Abstract

  Five genera and 42 species of the Lepidoziaceae have been confirmed from China, including 2 new species (Lepidozia omeiensis and Bazzania tiaoloensis) and 4 species (B. appendiculata, B. bilobata, B. himalayana, and B. vietnamica) not previously known from China. The above 42 species seem to represent the following phytogeographical elements: (1) Eastern Asiatic ... 9 species (21%), (2) tropical - subtropical asiatic ... 19 species (46%), (3) Chinese endemic ... 9 species (21%), and (4) Pan-boreal ... 5 species (12%).