Mosses and Liverworts of the Dominican Republic

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1 Jan-Peter Frahm Mosses and Liverworts of the Dominican Republic - a picture book Archive for Bryology Special Volume

2 Foreword The Dominican Republic, together with Haiti part of the island of Hispaniola, has developed to a touristic place during the past twenty years and can easily be reached by plane from the United States or Europe. In contrast to many other regions in the Neotropics and especially to Haiti, the touristic infrastructure allows a relaxed stay and provides on easy way to get to know the Neotropical or especially the Carribbean bryoflora. The altitudinal range up to the summit of Pico Duarte in 3175 m allows to study all vegetation types from the cocos plantations along the coast to elfin- and rain forests but also dry regions. The only disadvantage is that the touristic spots are located along the coast and trips to the higher interior of the island require hours of driving. A remarkabkle exception is Puerto Plata at the north coast, where one can easily go up to an elfin forst in more than 700 m altitude directly from the town by cable car. In spite of these advantages, the Dominican Republic remains bryologically poorly studied. A summary of the bryological exploration and an overlook over the relevant literature is given by Frahm (2012), who provides an updated enumeration of the mosses of Hispaniola, in which 416 species are listed. In addition, Schäfer-Verwimp & Pócs (2009) list 191 species of hepatics (of which 138 were reported for the first time). Two weeks of holidays in February and March 2012 gave the chance to get a first idea of the bryoflora of the Dominican Republic. During that trip, photographs of many species were taken, which may give an impression of the local bryoflora. Thus the compilation of pictures may serve as a coffee table book but also as an aid for identification.

3 I wish to thank Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp for help with the identification especially of liverworts. Frahm, J.-P Additions to the bryoflora of the Dominican Republic. Archive for Bryology 138: Schäfer-Verwimp, A., Pócs, T Contributions to the hepatic flora of the Dominican Republic, West Indies. Acta Botanica Hungarica 51:

4 MOSSES

5 Acroporium pungens

6 Atrichum angustatum

7 Barbula indica

8 Breutelia tomentosa

9 Breutelia sp.

10 Breutelia sp.

11 Calymperes sp.

12 Campylopus cygneus

13 Campylopus pilifer

14 Campylopus richardii

15 Campylopus shawii

16 Chryso-Hypnum deminutivum

17 Cyclodictyon varians

18 Entosthodon bonplandii

19 Entodon macropus

20 Erpodium domingense

21 Erpodium pringlei

22 Fissidens asplenioides

23 Helicodontium capillare

24 Hyophila involuta

25 Hypnum polypterum

26 Leptodontium sp.

27 Leucobryum giganteum

28 Meteroridium remotifolium

29 Meteorium nigrescens

30 Mittenothamnium reptans

31 Neckeropsis undulata

32 Neocladiella pendula

33 Palamocladium leskeoides

34 Philonotis uncinata

35 Phyllogonium fulgens

36 Phyllogonium viride

37 Pilopogon guadeloupensis

38 Pilotrichella flexilis

39 Pinatella minuta

40 Pleurochaete luteola

41 Pogonatum sp.

42 Pogonatum sp. Pogonatum pensylvanicum

43 Polytrichum juniperinum

44 Porotrichodendron superbum Porotrichum substriatum

45 Porotrichum substriatum

46 Porotrichum sp.

47 Prionodon densus

48 Pseudosymblepharis schimperiana

49 Pyrrhobryum spiniforme

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51 LIVERWORTS

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53 Aneura sp.

54 Anthoceros sp. Anthoceros punctatus

55 Asterella dominicensis

56 Asterella elegans

57 Calypogeia sp.

58 Chiloscyphus coadunatus

59 Clasmatocolea vermicularis

60 Cyclolejeunea convexistipula

61 Dendroceros crispus

62 Drepanolejeunea cf. inchoata

63 Drepanolejeunea cf. mosenii

64 Dumortiera hirsuta

65 Fossombronia porphyreorhiza

66 Frullania atrata

67 Gongylanthus sp.

68 Herbertus divergens

69 Herbertus divergens Herbertus juniperoideus

70 Jamesoniella rubricauliss

71 Lejeunea cerina

72 Lejeunea laetevirens

73 Lethocolea glossophylla

74 Marchantia chenopoda

75 Monoclea gottscheii

76 Notothylas breutelii

77 Odontolejeunea lunulifolia

78 Omphalanthus filiformis

79 Pallavicinia lyellii

80 Plagiochila spp.

81 Plagiochila spp. Plagiochila adianthoides

82 Plagiochila sp.

83 Plagiochila sp.

84 Plagiochila cf. heterophylla

85 Plagiochila raddiana

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