The Taxonomically Richest Liverwort Hemiboreal Flora in Eurasia Is in the South Kurils

• Published in: Plants
• Main Authors: Vadim A. Bakalin, Ksenia G. Klimova, Daniil A. Bakalin, Seung Se Choi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: liverworts; diversity; distribution patterns; East Asia; Pacific; hemiboreal zone; Botany; QK1-989; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172200; https://doaj.org/article/b52d5c5615fb4a6a8a30aa30475b6b50

The long coexistence of various floral elements, landscape diversity, and island isolation led to the formation of the richest Eurasian hemiboreal liverwort flora in the southern Kurils. This land that covers less than 5000 square kilometres and houses 242 species and two varieties of liverworts and...