Yoon,Y.-J., B.C. Tan, C.-H. Kim & B.-Y. Sun. Ten new records of
South Korean mosses
Arctoa (2015) 24: 37-42
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.07
Two moss varieties
new to science,
namely Fissidens involutus Wilson ex Mitt. var. jejuensis Y.-J. Yoon, B. C. Tan & B.-Y. Sun, var. nov. and Leskeodon
maibarae var. jejuensis Y.-J. Yoon, B. C. Tan & B.-Y. Sun, var.
nov., are described, and a total of
eight new records of taxa
of mosses of South Korea,
which include Dicranum montanum, Fissidens anomalus,
Fissidens crispulus
var. robinsonii,
Leskeodon maibare,
Okamuraea hakoniensis
fo. multiflagellifera,
Pylaisia selwynii,
Sematophyllum phoeniceum
and Sematophyllum
subpinnatum, are reported. Of these, seven are also new moss records for the
entire Korean Peninsula, including North Korea. These noteworthy moss specimens
were collected from various parts of South Korea, and the two new varieties are
from Jeju-do (Jeju Island).
The phytogeographical role of Jeju
Island in the post-glacial migration and speciation of the cryptogamic
flora of Korean Peninsula is briefly mentioned.