An account of the liverwort genera Lepidozia and Neolepidozia (Jungermanniales: Lepidoziaceae) in Thailand, with five new records

Phiangphak Sukkharak

doi:10.20531/tfb.2026.54.2.14

Authors

Phiangphak Sukkharak Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2026.54.2.14

Keywords:

Bryophyte, Marchantiophyta, non-vascular plant, revision, taxonomy

Abstract

With the taxonomic changes in Lepidozia and the recent revision of Neolepidozia in Asia, the account of Lepidozia and Neolepidozia taxa in Thailand has been updated based on detailed morphological studies, including five taxa of Lepidozia: L. cladorhiza, L. flexuosa, L. holorhiza, L. reptans, L. trichodes, and eleven taxa of Neolepidozia: N. bickeri, N. cameronensis, N. cuneifolia f. biloba, N. katrinae, N. massartiana, N. papulosa, N. parvula, N. richardsii, N. schaefer-verwimpii, N. shevockii, N. variifolia. Of these, N. cuneifolia f. biloba, N. katrinae, N. massartiana, N. richardsii, and N. variifolia are newly reported for Thailand.

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