Richness and altitudinal distribution of epiphytic liverworts from the cloud forest of Hidalgo, Mexico

Authors

  • José Francisco Juárez López Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ciudad del Conocimiento, km 4.5 Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo, C.P. 42184, Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo, México. Teléfono 7717172000, ext. 6676 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-1588
  • Arturo Sánchez González Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Maritza López Herrera Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ciudad del Conocimiento, km 4.5 Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo, C.P. 42184, Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo, México. Teléfono 7717172000, ext. 6676 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-406X
  • Dorismilda Martínez Cabrera Herbario, Instituto Tecnológico de Huejutla, Km 5.5 Carretera Huejutla-Chalahuiyapa, 43000, Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0652-7674

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.56.1

Keywords:

Altitude, Temperate forest, bryophytes, phorophyte, Marchantiophyta, Plagiochila, Species richness

Abstract

Liverworts are distributed heterogeneously in their habitat, as they depend on particular micro environmental conditions for their establishment. In this work, a floristic list is presented and the similarity in the species composition of epiphytic liverworts from the cloud forest (CF) of Hidalgo is estimated, along altitude and latitude gradients. The samples were taken in three municipalities with CF of the state of Hidalgo in an altitude interval of 1345-2019 m. On each site two sampling plots of 0.1 ha were placed at the ends of the altitudinal gradient. Within each plot, 10 trees were selected and in each of them three micro plots of 10×10 cm were placed on its cortex to estimate the wealth of species. Nine families, 17 genera, 29 species and two varieties of liver were determined. Lejeuneaceae and plagioceaceae families presented the largest number of species. The Lejeunea Lib and Plagiochila genres (Dumort.) Dumort. they were the most diverse, with seven and five species, respectively. The composition and wealth of species was variable along the gradients analyzed.

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Richness and altitudinal distribution of epiphytic liverworts from the cloud forest of Hidalgo, Mexico. (2023). POLIBOTANICA, 56. https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.56.1