Lichens Diversity of Kabawetan District Kepahyang, Regency Bengkulu Province

DOI

10.2991/absr.k.210621.037How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Diversity, lichens, Kabawetan

Abstract

Organisms formed as a mutualism symbiotic between fungi as mycobiont and algae as photobiont, Lichens, recently has been world-wide explored due to its uniq characteristcs and its highly beneficial especially in using this creatures as herbal medicine, environmental bioindicator. About 100.000 Lichens species grown around the world. However, in Indonesia Lichens has not well known as well as well explored yet, it has not been known by most people even though it’s grown all over the region. In Kabawetan District, Kepahyang Region; one of a highland region of Bengkulu Province, Lichens can be found everywhere; they have grown as an epiphyte at various substrates; trees barks, stones, fences, etc. The purpose of this research was to study the diversity of lichens and their substrates at Kabawetan District Kepahyang Regency Bengkulu Province. Lichens investigation has been conducted on May – November 2019. Samples were collected from the villages of Kabawetan District. Samples then were identified based on morphological characteristics at Plant Biosistematic Laboratory of Mathematics and Natural Science Faculty Bengkulu University. Fotobionts were observed using a light microscope. Data were analyzed by qualitative descriptively. It was found 20 Genera of lichens, belonged to 10 families, 4 orders. All Lichens found are belonged to Class Lecanoramycetes of Ascomycota. It was also found 2 photobionts that formed Lichens found at Kabawetan villages, those are Trentepohlia and Trebouxia. At the sites, Lichens found grown epiphytically at stones, wall, fences surfaces, and barks of many species of trees such as Tea (Camelia chinensis L.), African wooden tree (Maeopsis eminii Engl.), Jackfruit (Artocarpus integra L.), Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis L.), Petai cina (Leucaena leucocephala, L.), Aren (Arenga pinnata L.), Manggo (Mangifera indica L.), Cemara Norfolk (Araucaria cuninghamii), Coffea (Coffea arabica L.), Chocolate (Theobroma cacao L.), water apple (Sizygium aquea L.), Guava (Psidium guajava L.), and bamboo (Bambusa).

Copyright

© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Rochmah Supriati
AU  - Helmiyetti
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/23
TI  - Lichens Diversity of Kabawetan District Kepahyang, Regency Bengkulu Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd KOBI Congress, International and National Conferences (KOBICINC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 220
EP  - 226
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.210621.037
DO  - 10.2991/absr.k.210621.037
ID  - Supriati2021
ER  -