Bazzania asymmetrica (Steph.) N.Kitag.

Pócs, Tamás, 2023, New records for the liverwort and hornwort flora of Vietnam 2. Bazzania Gray and some other collections of Pierre Tixier in the National Museum of Natural History, France, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (9), pp. 197-210 : 200

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Bazzania asymmetrica (Steph.) N.Kitag. View in CoL

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SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Thailand. Pitsanulok, Phu Nieng , sur tronc en forêt de montagne, 1300 m, Tixier 1145 ( PC [ PC0764743 ]).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Kitagawa 1979: 79, fig. 4; Zhou et al. 2012: 18, fig. 7.

NOTES

The species is characterized by its elongate side leaves tapering much to the trilobate apex. Its underleaf sinuate without hyaline cells and with auriculate base. Bakalin & Nguyen (2016) enumerates it from Vietnam, erroneously referring to Pócs (1971), where it is not mentioned and till now unknown from the country. Bazzania asymmetrica View in CoL is a rare species with scattered distribution in New Guinea, Borneo and southern China and is new to Thailand ( Lai et al. 2008).

References

BAKALIN V. A. & NGUYEN V. S. 2016. - The checklist of liverworts (Hepaticae) and hornworts (Anthocerotae) of Vietnam updated based on literature survey. Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 38 (4): 480 - 491.

KITAGAWA N. 1979. - Studies on Asian species of Bazzania, Hepaticae, II. Bulletin of Nara University of Education 28: 71 - 83.

LAI M. - J., ZHU R. - L. & CHANTANAORRAPINT S. 2008. - Liverworts and hornworts of Thailand: an updated checklist and bryofloristic accounts. Annales botanici Fennici 45: 321 - 341. https: // doi. org / 10.5735 / 085.045.0501

POCS T. 1971. - Studies on the mountain bryoflora of the Ha- Giang province (D. R. V., in Russian). Hepaticae. Botanichesky Zhurnal Leningrad 56: 670 - 677.

ZHOU L. - P., ZHANG L. & XING F. - W. 2012. - Taxonomical review of Bazzania (Lepidoziaceae, Marchantiophyta) in China. Journal of Fairylake Botanical Garden 11 (2): 1 - 62.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Bazzania adnexa (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Trevis.: A, underleaf; B, leaf distal half (Tixier 5256). Bazzania asymmetrica (Steph.) N.Kitag.: C, underleaf; D, habit, ventral view (Tixier s.n., PC0764741). Bazzania bidentula (Steph.) Steph. ex Yamada: E, habit, dorsal view; F, habit, ventral view (Tixier s.n., PC0764741). Scale bars: A, 125 µm; B, C, F, 250 µm; D, E, 500 µm.