The little-known Fissidens axilliflorus Thwaites & Mitt. (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - new to the moss flora of India

R Sreebha; A E D Daniels

doi:10.14719/pst.2020.7.4.843

Research communications

Vol. 7 No. 4 (2020)

The little-known Fissidens axilliflorus Thwaites & Mitt. (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - new to the moss flora of India

R Sreebha^▸^▾
A E D Daniels^▸^▾

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2020.7.4.843
Submitted: 16 June 2020
Published: 01-10-2020

Abstract

Fissidens axilliflorus, so far known from Sri Lanka and Laos, has been discovered in the Western Ghats in India. A description with line drawings, a photo plate and a key to distinguish F. axilliflorus from the similar F. crenulatus are provided.

References

Crosby MR, Magill RE, Allen, B, He S. A checklist of the mosses. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden; 2000. P. 1–320.
Manjula KM, Manju CN, Rajilesh VK, Chandini VK. Fissidens linearis (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - a new record for India. Acta Botanica Hungarica; 2015; 57: 165–68. https://doi.org/10.1556/ABot.57.2015.1-2.12
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Mitten W. New species of Musci collected in Ceylon by Dr. Thwaites..Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 1873; 13: 293–326.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095- 8339.1873.tb00096.x
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Keywords

Fissidens axilliflorus
India
Western Ghats
Tamil Nadu

How to Cite

Sreebha R, Daniels AED. The little-known Fissidens axilliflorus Thwaites & Mitt. (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - new to the moss flora of India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Nov. 29];7(4):560–563. Available from: https://www.horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/843

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[1] Crosby MR, Magill RE, Allen, B, He S. A checklist of the mosses. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden; 2000. P. 1–320.

[2] Manjula KM, Manju CN, Rajilesh VK, Chandini VK. Fissidens linearis (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - a new record for India. Acta Botanica Hungarica; 2015; 57: 165–68. https://doi.org/10.1556/ABot.57.2015.1-2.12

[3] Manjula KM. Taxonomic studies on the family Fissidentaceae Schimp. (Bryophyta) of the Western Ghats”. Ph.D. thesis, University of Calicut, Kozhikode (Unpublished); 2018. P.1–489.

[4] Mitten W. New species of Musci collected in Ceylon by Dr. Thwaites..Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 1873; 13: 293–326.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095- 8339.1873.tb00096.x

[5] Li Z-h, Iwatsuki Z. Fissidentaceae. Moss flora of China, English version 2001; 2: 3–67.

[6] Suzuki T, Iwatsuki Z. Collections of Fissidens (Fissidentaceae, Bryopsida) made by Messrs. T. Kamiyama & K. Shiina in Laos. Hattoria 2013; 4: 47–70.

[7] Suzuki T, Iwatsuki, Z. A new approach to the infrageneric classification of the genus Fissidens (Fissidentaceae, Bryopsida). Hikobia 2007; 15: 67–85.

[8] Bruggeman-Nannenga MA., Berendsen W. On the peristome types found in the Fissidentaceae and their importance for the classification. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 1990; 68: 193–234.