The Mosses of Mount Muruk Mio and Bukit Rimau in Sipitang District of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Monica SULEIMAN; Irmah  ANWAR; Geofarry  GUNSALAM; ANDI Maryani  A  Mustapeng

doi:10.51200/jtbc.v23i.7410

Authors

Monica SULEIMAN Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-962X
Irmah ANWAR Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-7280
Geofarry GUNSALAM Sabah Parks, P.O. Box 10626, 88809 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6989-3158
ANDI Maryani A Mustapeng (1) Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (2) Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, PO Box 1407, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5252-4226

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v23i.7410

Keywords:

Bryophytes, Long Pasia, moss flora, Muruk Miau, Sinipung Hill

Abstract

This study presents the results of bryological surveys conducted in 2003 and 2012 on Mount Muruk Mio and Bukit Rimau in Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, with a focus on assessing species richness and composition of mosses. A total of 142 taxa in 70 genera and 31 families of mosses were collected, representing 18% of the mosses reported for Borneo and 21% for Sabah.The families with the highest number of taxa were Dicranaceae, Sematophyllaceae, Leucobryaceae, and Pylaisiadelphaceae. Among these species was one new record for Borneo, Sphagnum palustre L., and four for Sabah, Chaetomitrium darnaedii H. Akiyama & Suleiman, Chionostomum rostratum (Griff.) Müll. Hal., Garovaglia plicata subsp. punctidens (R.S. Williams) During and Papillidiopsis koponenii B.C. Tan. The findings underscore the importance of these areas as significant moss diversity hotspots in Sabah, contributing valuable data to regional bryophyte inventories.

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