Macromitrium hymenostomum Mont.- A New record for South India
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https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.153Keywords:
Orthotrichaceae, Macromitrium hymenostomum Mont., Corticolous, Nilgiri Hills, South IndiaAbstract
Macromitrium hymenostomum Mont., a pleurocarpous moss (Orthotrichaceae) has been collected from South India and described here. The taxon was earlier known from western Himalaya only. Present report provides extended distribution of the taxon from North to South India. The plants are characterized by pleurocarpous habit, yellowish-green to dark-brown, pinnately branched plants, closely arranged ovate-lanceolate leaves with single costa, unipapillose leaf cells and disintegrated peristome.
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