THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 1999 Supplement No. 6 : 73-76 O National University of Singapore A PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF MOSSES OF PULAU TIOMAN, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Benito C . Tan Departmen/ qf'Biologica1 Sciencr.r. Fi~crrlfy of Science, Nurional Universiry o f Singapore, Singapore 119260 Haji Mohamed lrrsti/u/e of Biology, Uni ver si/~ f Molirya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysicr ABSTRACT. - A checklist of mosses collected from Pulau Tioman and preserved at KLU and SINU herbaria is presented. A total of 49 genera and 89 species of mosses were enumerated. A brief discussion of the floristic composition of the island's moss flora is also attempted. Acroporium strep.siphyllum var. ,fulcifoliu~n Fleisch.) B . C . T a n 8i H . Mohamed is a new combination. K EY WORDS. - Mosses, moss flora. Malesia, Peninsular Malaysia. Pulau Tioman. Gunong Kajang, forest, endemic. INTRODUCTION Pulau Tioman is a small, isolated island off the eastern coast of Malayan Peninsula. It offers a variety of vegetations and different habitats suitable for moss colonization and diversification. These include primary lowland dipterocarp forest. upper hill cloud forest, secondary succession forest, mangrove and coastal forests, in addition to man made habitats around villages and resorts/hotels. For general information on the natural history, vegetation types and vascular plant floras of the island, see Lee et al. (1977) and articles by Latiff et al. (1999) and Jaman & Latiff (1999). ' Early botanical exploration to the island conducted by British botanists from the Singapore Botanical Gardens yielded only a few moss specimens (Henderson 1930). Some of these were reported by Dixon ( 1 926) and subsequently quoted by Mohamed & Tan (1988). More recent collections of mosses from the island were cited in Mohamed & Abdullah (1 988) and Mohamed & Robinson (1991). Until recently, there has been no published list of Pulau Tioman mosses. Received 15 Sep 1998 Accepted 23 Sep 1998 7 3
