Two newly recorded thalloid liverworts in Tibet, China
LIAO Yujia1, SONG Xiaotong1, LI Wei2, WANG Ruihong3, SHAO Xiaoming1,3
(1.Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; 2.Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; 3.Resources & Environment College, Tibet Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi, 860000 Tibet, China)
Abstract:Based on the field investigation and specimens identification of bryophytes from Sygara Mountain in Tibet, China, two thalloid liverworts, Metzgeria furcata (L.) Dumort. and Blasia pusilla L., were reported. Morphological characteristics of the two species were described, and their microscopic morphological structure photos were provided. The two liverworts are distributed worldwide, but this discovery raises the upper elevation limit of their distribution to 3,740 m for Metzgeria furcata and 3,584 m for Blasia pusilla, providing new information on the habitat of the liverworts. The voucher specimens are stored in the Herbarium of China Agricultural University (BAU).