The family Plagiochilaceae (Marchantiophyta) in Batang Toru Forest, North Sumatra, Indonesia

RISJUNARDI DAMANIK (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara. Jl. Bioteknologi No.1, Kampus USU Padang Bulan, Medan 20155, North Sumatra, Indonesia)
NURSAHARA PASARIBU (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara. Jl. Bioteknologi No.1, Kampus USU Padang Bulan, Medan 20155, North Sumatra, Indonesia)
ETTI SARTINA SIREGAR (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara. Jl. Bioteknologi No.1, Kampus USU Padang Bulan, Medan 20155, North Sumatra, Indonesia)
SYAMSUARDI SYAMSUARDI (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Andalas. Jl. Unand, Limau Manis, Padang 25163, West Sumatra, Indonesia)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 23 No. 6 (2022)

Abstract. Damanik R, Pasaribu N, Siregar ES, Syamsuardi. 2022. The family Plagiochilaceae (Marchantiophyta) in Batang Toru Forest, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 3127-3134. Investigation on the liverwort family Plagiochilaceae in Batang Toru Forest, North Sumatra, Indonesia resulted in ten taxon of Plagiochilaceae namely Plagiochilion oppositum, Plagiochila bantamensis, Plagiochila dendroides, Plagiochila denticulate, Plagiochila frondescens, Plagiochila junghuhniana, Plagiochila propinqua, Plagiochila sciophila, Dinckleria singularis, Plagiochila sumatrana, distributed under three genera Dinckleria (1 species), Plagiochila (8 species) and Plagiochilion (1 species). Plagiochila junghuhniana was the most observed species, while Plagiochila sciophilia was the least frequently encountered species in the forest.