A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia

A total of 56 taxa in 31 genera and 14 families of mosses were collected from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation area. This represents 9.3% of the 597 species of mosses reported for Sabah and 7.7% of the 724 species reported for Borneo. Acroporium convolutum var. horridulum is a new record for Borneo,...

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Main Authors: Monica Suleiman, Dunstan Polus Masundang, Benito C. Tan
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Published: Penerbit UMS 2009
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description A total of 56 taxa in 31 genera and 14 families of mosses were collected from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation area. This represents 9.3% of the 597 species of mosses reported for Sabah and 7.7% of the 724 species reported for Borneo. Acroporium convolutum var. horridulum is a new record for Borneo, whereas Ectropotheciella distichophylla is a new record for Sabah. The largest family is Calymperaceae with six genera and 14 species, followed by Hypnaceae with four genera and nine species. Oil palm plantation recorded 25 species of mosses in 16 genera, while its surrounding natural areas recorded 42 species in 25 genera.
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spelling ums.eprints-290742021-09-20T02:40:33Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/ A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia Monica Suleiman Dunstan Polus Masundang Benito C. Tan QL461-599.82 Insects A total of 56 taxa in 31 genera and 14 families of mosses were collected from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation area. This represents 9.3% of the 597 species of mosses reported for Sabah and 7.7% of the 724 species reported for Borneo. Acroporium convolutum var. horridulum is a new record for Borneo, whereas Ectropotheciella distichophylla is a new record for Sabah. The largest family is Calymperaceae with six genera and 14 species, followed by Hypnaceae with four genera and nine species. Oil palm plantation recorded 25 species of mosses in 16 genera, while its surrounding natural areas recorded 42 species in 25 genera. Penerbit UMS 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/1/A%20checklist%20of%20mosses%20from%20Golden%20Hope%20Oil%20Palm%20Plantation%20and%20surrounding%20areas%2C%20Tawau%2C%20Sabah%2C%20East%20Malaysia.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/3/A%20checklist%20of%20mosses%20from%20Golden%20Hope%20Oil%20Palm%20Plantation%20and%20surrounding%20areas%20ABSTRACT.pdf Monica Suleiman and Dunstan Polus Masundang and Benito C. Tan (2009) A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 5. pp. 53-60. ISSN 1823-3902 https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/jtbc/article/view/108
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Monica Suleiman
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A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia
title A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia
title_full A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia
title_fullStr A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia
title_short A checklist of mosses from Golden Hope Oil Palm Plantation and surrounding areas, Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia
title_sort checklist of mosses from golden hope oil palm plantation and surrounding areas tawau sabah east malaysia
topic QL461-599.82 Insects
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29074/1/A%20checklist%20of%20mosses%20from%20Golden%20Hope%20Oil%20Palm%20Plantation%20and%20surrounding%20areas%2C%20Tawau%2C%20Sabah%2C%20East%20Malaysia.pdf
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