TITLE	Taxonomic revision of Andreaea (Mosses, Andreaeaceae) of Taiwan
AUTHOR	Tzen-Yuh Chiang Department of Biology, Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 700, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT	Six taxa of Andreaea of Taiwan are revised taxonomically with one new species, A. taiwanensis sp. nov., and two new additions, i.e., A. wangiana Chen and A. rupestris Hedw. A. commutata C. Muell. is synonymized to A. rupestris var. fauriei (Besch.) Tak. Four species have capsules that split from base to tip: A. taiwanensis, A. mutabilis, A. rupestris var. rupestris, and A. rupestris var. fauriei. A. taiwanensis, closely related to A. mutabilis, is distinguishable from other Andreaeae by its large, loose leaves and rectangular to linear laminal cells. A. mutabilis is distinguished from the relatives A. rupestris var. rupestris and var. fauriei by the isodiametric marginal, basal cells. A. morrisonensis and A. wangiana belong to another group that has capsules with dehiscence in the upper half. A distinctively obtuse leaf apex distinguishes A. wangiana from A. morrisonensis.
KEYWORD	Andreaea; A. taiwanensis sp. nov.; Dehiscence of capsule; Taxonomy; Taiwan;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 39 Number 1 January 1998, page 57-68, 12 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China