Rhynchostegiella menadensis (Sande Lac.) E.B. Bartram and R. scabriseta (Schwagr.) Broth.: two new records of mosses (Brachytheciaceae: Bryophyta) for peninsular India

Authors

  • V.K. Rajilesh SciGenom Research Foundation, Nedumpura, Cheruthuruthi, Thrissur District, Kerala 679531, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6699-5600
  • C.N. Manju Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Malappuram District, Kerala 673635, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-5992
  • R. Prakashkumar KSCSTE-Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala 695562, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3709-5018

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7735.15.1.22543-22547

Keywords:

Distribution, Idukki District, Kerala, Mathikettan Shola National Park

Abstract

Rhynchostegiella menadensis (Sande Lac) E.B. Bartram and R. scabriseta (Schwagr.) Broth. are the two species in the moss genus Rhynchostegiella from the family Brachytheciaceae, previously known only from northern India, is now recorded for the first time from peninsular India. They are described in detail along with a photoplate. 

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