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Volume 57, December 2015

Articles

Fissidens semperfalcatus Dixon (Fissidentaceae) - New to Peninsular India from the Western Ghats

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v57/2015/87103

Published 2015-12-01

  • R. Sreebha
    • ,
  • K. C. Kariyappa
    • ,
  • A. E. D. Daniels

R. Sreebha
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

K. C. Kariyappa
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

A. E. D. Daniels
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Fissidens semperfalcatus Dixon an Asiatic species, was known from the Andaman Island, Himalaya, Gangetic Plain and the Northeast in India. The present report from Anamalais in the Western Ghats is new to the Peninsular part of the subcontinent. A detailed description with figures and a photo plate is provided.
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