Liverwort and hornwort collections of Heinar Streimann from Vanuatu

Authors

  • Tamás Pócs Botany Department, Institute of Biology, Eszterházy Károly College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea17769

Keywords:

Melanesia, Pacific, Plagiochilaceae, Radula, Telaranea

Abstract

From the rich Vanuatu bryophyte collections of the late Heinar Streimann, 29 liverworts and one hornwort species were identified. One genus (Schiffneriolejeunea) and 16 species proved to be new records for the islands, 6 of them new to the whole Pacific realm.

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