Sofronova, E.V. A
contribution to the liverwort flora of Orulgan Range
(North-Eastern Yakutia)
Arctoa
(2015) 24: 520-526
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.43
An
annotated list of liverworts of the northern part of the Orulgan
Range is presented. In total, 71 species and 3 varieties of liverworts are
recorded in the study area. One genus, Dichiton,
is recorded for the first time for Yakutia, four taxa are new for Verkhoyansk Range (Asterella
lindenbergiana, Mannia
fragrans, Nardia geoscyphus, Riccia sorocarpa subsp. arctica), 15 species (Athalamia
hyalina, Eocalypogeia
schusteriana, Lophozia
pellucida, L. perssonii, L.
savicziae, Marchantia polymorpha, Mesoptychia badensis, Orthocaulis hyperboreus, Ptilidium pulcherrimum, Sauteria alpina, Scapania cf. curta, S. irrigua,
S. spitsbergensis, S. opacifolia,
and Tritomaria scitula)
are newly found in Orulgan Range. Data on frequency,
altitude range, recorded localities, habitats, substrates, growth pattern and
structures associated with reproduction are listed for every species. Annotations
of selected species are accomplished by data on associated species and
additional notes on distribution. Most remarkable are records of rare in Russia
and Yakutia Asterella
lindenbergiana, Lophozia
excisa var. elegans,
Bucegia romanica,
Eocalypogeia schusteriana,
Lophozia perssonii, and
Scapania sphaerifera.
Four latter species are included in the Red Data Book of Russian Federation.