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Liverwort Flora (Marchantiophyta) of Sekayu Recreational Forest,
Terengganu, Malaysia
Nor Aishah binti Shafie
Supervisor: Dr. Lee Gaik Ee
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Terengganu, one of the states in Malaysia, is hosting significant proportions of
biodiversity and endemism richness of plants and animals. However, many
forests and mountains in Terengganu remained largely understudied and
under-collected from a hepaticological perspective. Thus far, only two species
of liverworts are recorded for the state of Terengganu. Therefore, the current
study was carried out to collect and identify all the liverworts occur in Sekayu
Recreational Forest. The aim was to provide a comprehensive checklist of the
liverworts known to occur in Terengganu. Besides, identification key to the
genus and species for each taxon of liverworts collected in Sekayu Recreational
Forest will also be prepared. Hence, this will provide a biodiversity baseline for
Terengganu and also for future conservation work. The preliminary results
showed that the largest family consisting highest number of genus is
Lejeuneaceae followed by Lepidoziaceae and Geocalyaceae. Lejeuneaceae is
particularly dominant in Sekayu Recreational Forest.
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