Pinnatella limbata (Bryophyta: Neckeraceae): reassessment of conservation status based on recent findings
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9376.16.12.26306-26311Keywords:
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, IUCN Red list, Kannur district, Karnataka, Kerala, mosses, new record, taxonomy, Vulnerable, Western GhatsAbstract
Pinnatella limbata Dixon (Neckeraceae), a rheophytic moss species with a bistratose leaf margin unique in the genus was reported from Sampkhand in Kanara district of Karnataka State in India. The species was subsequently collected from two additional localities of Kodagu (Coorg) District in Karnataka State and that P. limbata should be removed from the threatened category of the IUCN World Red List of bryophytes due to the new information of its distribution range. The present collection from Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Kannur District of Kerala is a range extension of this species in the Western Ghats and the first report from Kerala. An attempt is made to reassess the IUCN Red List status of P. limbata.
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