Bryoerythrophyllum neimonggolicum X.-L.Bai & C.Feng (Pottiaceae), a new species from Inner Mongolia, China

Abstract

A new Inner Mongolian endemic species, Bryoerythrophyllum neimonggolicum X.-L.Bai & C.Feng is described and illustrated from China. It is characterized by lingulate to broad-lanceolate leaves with obtuse or rounded apex, leaf margins broadly recurved to revolute to near the apex, bulging laminal cells, basal cells with thickened walls and the absence of lax and enlarged basal cells. This species is compared with closely related species and its ecology is discussed.

Keywords:

• Bryophyte
• Bryoerythrophyllum
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

The authors are greatly indebted to Dr. Richard H. Zander, Missouri Botanical Garden, for his valuable advice on this species. We also express our gratitude to Dr. Juan A. Jiménez, University of Murcia, for his valuable comments on this species. We are really grateful to Dr. Elizabeth Kungu of Royal Botanic Garden (Edinburgh, UK) for her thorough review of this paper as well as to the anonymous reviewer for the useful suggestions. The study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 30870160, 31011120089, 31170497) and Program of Higher-level talents of Inner Mongolia University (SPH-IMU) (grant no. 135132).

Taxonomic Additions and Changes: Bryoerythrophyllum neimonggolicum X.-L.Bai & C.Feng, sp. nov.