EAST AFRICAN BRYOPHYTES XXX. NEW LIVERWORT AND HORNWORT RECORDS.

Abstract

Records of 45 liverwort and one hornwort species new to or very rare in East African countries. Among them the occurrence of Leptolejeunea subrotundifolia is new to Africa, Anthoceros punctatus, Cephaloziella anthelioides, Diplasiolejeunea cobrensis, Marsupella sparsifolia,Tritomaria camerunensis and Plagiochila rodriguezii are new to tropical East Africa while Cephaloziella tenuissima, C. transvaalensis, Chiloscyphus muhavurensis, Cololejeunea inflectens, C. magillii, C. peponiformis, Diplasiolejeunea hamata, D. rudolphiana, Harpalejeunea filicuspis, Lopholejeunea sphaerophora and Syzygiella colorata, to the bryoflora of Madagascar. Finally Cephalozia connivens var. fissa, Solenostoma onraedtii, Plagiochila incerta, P. repanda, P. stricta, Colura dusenii and Diplasiolejeunea kraussiana are new to the flora of Comoro Islands. The new combination of Drepanolejeunea pentadactyla var. dactylophoroides is also presented.