Comparison of hepatic flora and floristic affinities among four neighboring islands, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

• Main Author: Hong, Won Shic
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: WSU Press 2002
• Subjects: floristic affinities; geographic distribution; island biogeography; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Huxley; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Ramsay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2376/1036

The hepatic flora of Burnaby, Hotspring, Huxley, and Ramsay Islands, in the southeastern Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, contains 20 families, 33 genera, 61 species, 1 subspecies, and 2 varieties. Specifically on Burnaby-18 families, 28 genera, 44 species, 1 subspecies, and 2 varieties; on Hotspring-16 families, 21 genera, and 33 species; on Huxley-16 families, 18 genera, 32 species, and 1 subspecies; on Ramsay-17 families, 24 genera, 43 species, 1 subspecies, and 1 variety. Thirty-seven taxa (57.8%) of the total 64 taxa present are boreal in distribution. Thirteen taxa (20.3%) are western North American and amphi-Pacific elements. Other distribution patterns: 3 are cosmopolitan; 1 is disjunct-montane and arctic-alpine; 4 are circumtemperate; and 5 are temperate disjunct Hong "Comparison of hepatic flora and floristic affinities among four neighboring islands, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia." Northwest Science. 2002; 76(4): 286-292