Data to the Malaysian liverwort flora, II

Abstract

Malaysian liverworts have been collected since the twentieth century. Chuah - Petiot (2011) published the first checklist of the liverworts of Malaysia including the Eastern Malaysian states Sabah and Sarawak, and reported 718 species and 40 infraspecific taxa in 122 genera and 38 families. Subsequent research (Lee et al. , 2011; Lee, 2013; Lee & Gradstein, 2013; Lee et al. , 2013; P ó cs et al. , 2014) has added 12 species and 1 variety to the Malaysian liverwort flora. In this paper, we report 233 epiphyllous liverwort specimens belonging to 96 species and 2 infraspecific taxa, 16 representing new records for the Malaysian bryoflora and 6 new records for Peninsular Malaysia. Moreover, we are able to confirm one species as new to the Asian mainland and describe one variety as new to science. With these additions, there are currently 747 species and 42 infraspecific taxa of liverworts known to occur in Malaysia.