B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 39. 2008 (Budapest, 2008)

Papp, B.: Contributions to the bryophyte flora of Mt Taebaek, South Korea

Studia bot. hung. 39, pp. 89-100, 2008 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF MT TAEBAEK, SOUTH KOREA B. PAPP Department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1476Budapest, Pf. 222, Hungary;pappbea@bot.nhmus.hu During a field investigation carried out in October 2005 in Mt Taebaek Provincial Park (South Korea), a total of 144 bryophyte taxa (42 liverworts and 102 mosses) were collected. Among them, 13 taxa are recorded for the first time in Korea, and 108 taxa are reported for the first time in the Taebaek mountain range. Key words: bryophytes, Mt Taebaek, South Korea INTRODUCTION In the checklist of bryophytes of Korea published by CHOE and CHOI (1980) 429 species, 5 subspecies, 51 varieties of mosses and 187 species, 8 subspecies, 10 varieties of hepatics are recorded from the peninsula. Later on, a checklist of mosses was given by HOANG (1991) for North Korea, which contains 540 species. More recent checklists for the Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of the Korean Peninsula were published by HONG (1997) and YAMADA and CHOE (1997). The first one listed 259 species, 4 subspecies and 3 varieties, the latter contains 222 species, 9 subspecies and 5 varieties. Most recently an identification key for the Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of the Korean Peninsula was compiled (HONG 2003). Inferred from these publications it is apparent that the hepatic flora of the Korean Peninsula is quite well known, but the investigation on the moss flora has been a neglected area.