NOTES ON THE BRYOPHYTES OF MADAGASCAR 6. EPIPHYLLOUS LIVERWORTS FROM ZAHAMENA NATIONAL PARK

Abstract

Dr. Min Chuah-Petiot, together with staff of Missouri Botanical GardenAntananarivo station, visited in 2002 the Zahamena National Park in the northeastern part of central Madagascar. They collected epiphyllous liverworts, which are deposited in TAN and a set of small duplicates were sent to Tamás Pócs for identification, which are now kept in EGR in the form of microslides. The Zahamena National Park is notorious for its high diversity of animals and vascular plants, including several endemics. But hitherto, few liverworts were collected there. This enumeration contains 28 species. None of them is new to the island, but three were known before only from their type locality (Allorgella rabenorii Tixier, Cololejeunea plagiochiliana Tixier, Cololejeunea subinflata Tixier) and eight are endemics of Madagascar or the Indian Ocean islands.