Published November 10, 2020 | Version v1
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Fissidens pokhrensis S. S. Kumar

  • 1. Griffensteijnseplein 23, NL- 3703 BE Zeist (The Netherlands)
  • 2. TU Dresden, Institut für Botanik, D- 01062 Dresden (Germany) frank. mueller @ tu-dresden. de (corresponding author)

Description

Fissidens pokhrensis Nork. ex S.S.Kumar

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Myanmar, Kachin State, Hponkan Razi, epiphytic in evergreen boadleaved forest, mixed with F. serratus and F. strictidens, 1565 m, 27.548702N, 97.032742E, 14.X.2014, J. Kluge & P.K. Kine 14-031-001b-B2 (DR, private herbarium Bruggeman-Nannenga); Natma Taung (Mt Victoria), epiphytic in evergreen Oak forest, 2000 m, 21.2034963N, 94.0236152E, 10.XI.2012, P.K. Kine 12_74_09-F (DR, private herbarium Bruggeman-Nannenga).

REMARKS

The species was described by Kumar (1979) from India (Himachal-Pradesh) and was reported as new to Japan (Honshu) by Suzuki (2017). Fissidens pokhrensis belongs to sect. Semilimbidium Müll.Hal. and is characterized by narrowly lanceolate leaves, a yellow costa ceasing below the apex, pluripapillose laminal cells and smooth setae.

Notes

Published as part of Bruggeman-Nannenga, Maria A. & Müller, Frank, 2020, A contribution to the Fissidens Hedw. (Musci, Fissidentaceae) of Myanmar, including F. strictidens sp. nov. and F. pseudoanomalus sp. nov., pp. 229-238 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (18) on page 236, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2020v41a18, http://zenodo.org/record/7822194

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
S. S. Kumar
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Order
Fissidentales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Fissidens
Species
pokhrensis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • KUMAR S. S. 1979. - Notes on two species of Fissidens. Miscellanea bryologica et lichenologica 8: 118 - 120.
  • SUZUKI T. 2017. - Many interesting mosses newly found in Japan. Hattoria 8: 1 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.18968 / hattoria. 8.0 _ 1