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Two Species of Daltonia Hook & Taylor (Daltoniaceae:Bryophyta) New to the Moss Flora of India


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1 Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil 629 003, India
2 36, Arulnagar, Nagercoil 629 001, India
 

Daltonia angustifolia and D. contorta are added here to the bryoflora of India from the part of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve of Tamil Nadu in the southern Western Ghats. The genus Daltonia, earlier known to be distributed only in the Himalaya in India, is new to the bryoflora of Peninsular India.

Keywords

Moss, Daltonia, New Record, India.
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Authors

A. E. D. Daniels
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil 629 003, India
K. C. Kariyappa
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil 629 003, India
P. Daniel
36, Arulnagar, Nagercoil 629 001, India

Abstract


Daltonia angustifolia and D. contorta are added here to the bryoflora of India from the part of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve of Tamil Nadu in the southern Western Ghats. The genus Daltonia, earlier known to be distributed only in the Himalaya in India, is new to the bryoflora of Peninsular India.

Keywords


Moss, Daltonia, New Record, India.