Database of bryophytes and their ecological parameters in the CMU Herbarium.docVIP

Maejo Int. J. Sci. Technol. 2009, 3(01), 99-129 Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology ISSN 1905-7873 Available online at www.mijst.mju.ac.th Short Report Database of bryophytes and their ecological parameters in the CMU Herbarium Narin Printarakul , Kanjana Wongkuna, Soonthree Kornochalert, and Kanya Santanachote * Bryophyte Section, CMU Herbarium, Biology Department, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand * Corresponding author, e-mail: kame_cobtor@ Received: 29 September 2008 / Accepted: 12 March 2009 / Published: 17 March 2009 Introduction Chiang Mai University (CMU) Herbarium was originally established in July 1987 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University by James F. Maxwell. This herbarium, with over 10,000 specimens of vascular plants and about 40 bryophytes, was discontinued in late 1991. Maxwell subsequently joined the Biology Department, Faculty of Science in March 1992 and developed another collection which now (July 2008) has nearly 30,000 specimens of vascular plants. The Bryophyte Section was started by Dr. Kanya Santanachote in 1999 and has 2,350 specimens. Bryology Studies in Thailand The first bryophytes collected in Thailand were from Koh Chang (Chang Island), Trat Province during 1899-1902. V. F. Brotherus [1] prepared a list of Bryales which included 44 species, 18 of which were new species. F. Stephani [2] identified the Hepaticae which had 17 species, 4 of which were new to science. Stephani and Brothereus identified the Hepaticae collected by Hosseus [3] which had 4 new species, on the summits of Doi Sutep-Pui, Chiang Mai during 1904-05. Dixon [4] provided the first list of Thai mosses which consisted of 220 species. The information for most entries comprised the location, elevation, basic habitat, date of collection, and overall distribution. The collections of Dr. A.F.G. Kerr, who co