Check List 16(6): 1733-1745, doi: 10.15560/16.6.1733
Pleurocarpous and cladocarpous mosses (Bryophyta) of Parque Nacional da Chapada das Mesas, with newly recorded species from Maranhão and the northeast region of Brazil
expand article infoRegigláucia Rodrigues de Oliveira‡§, Ronison Ferreira de Oliveira|, Hermeson Cassiano de Oliveira, Denilson Fernandes Peralta#, Gonçalo Mendes da Coceição¤
‡ Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil§ Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Zé Doca, MA, Brazil| Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, MA, Brazil¶ Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Campo Maior, PI, Brazil# Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil¤ Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, Brazil

Corresponding author: Regigláucia Rodrigues de Oliveira ( regiglaucia@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Juçara Bordin
© Regigláucia Rodrigues de Oliveira, Ronison Ferreira de Oliveira, Hermeson Cassiano de Oliveira, Denilson Fernandes Peralta, Gonçalo Mendes da Coceição.
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Citation: de Oliveira RR, de Oliveira RF, Oliveira HC, Fernandes Peralta D, Mendes da Coceição G (2020) Pleurocarpous and cladocarpous mosses (Bryophyta) of Parque Nacional da Chapada das Mesas, with newly recorded species from Maranhão and the northeast region of Brazil. Check List 16(6): 1733-1745. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1733
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Abstract
Located in southwestern Maranhão, the Parque Nacional da Chapada das Mesas (PNCM), with an extent of about 160,046 ha, is completely inserted in the Cerrado phytogeographic domain. The topography is characterized by a plateau formation consisting of steep hills and medium-altitude mountains with flat tops, which give the PNCM its name. We present an annotated checklist of the mosses that occur in the PNCM. Our checklist includes 26 species of pleurocarpous mosses distributed in 10 families and 22 genera and two species of cladocarpous mosses of the family Orthotrichaceae. The most species-rich families of pleurocarpous mosses were Sematophyllaceae (7 spp.), Pylaisiadelphaceae (6 spp.), and Stereophyllaceae (4 spp.). Eleven species are recorded for the first time from Maranhão and three species are recorded for the first time in the northeast region of Brazil. Taxithelium pluripunctatum (Renauld & Cardot) W.R. Buck and Trichosteleum glaziovii (Hampe) W.R. Buck, are recorded for the first time from Maranhão and the Cerrado phytogeographic domain. Our results expand the knowledge of the Brazilian bryoflora and add distribution data for a number of species in Maranhão and the northeast region.
Keywords
Bryophytes, Cerrado, floristic survey