A new subspecies of tropical African Plagiochila squamulosa Mitt. (Plagiochilaceae; Hepaticae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India

M. S. Sajitha; C. N. Manju; O. M. Sruthi; K. P. Rajesh; K. K. Rawat

doi:10.1639/0007-2745-127.1.104

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M. S. Sajitha,¹ C. N. Manju,^1,* O. M. Sruthi,^1,2 K. P. Rajesh,² K. K. Rawat³

¹Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O., Malappuram Dist., Kerala-679635, India
²Department of Botany, the Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College (affiliated to the University of Calicut), GA College PO, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673014, India
³Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

^*Corresponding author's e-mail: manjucali@gmail.com

Abstract

Plagiochila squamulosa subsp. tamas-pocsii Sajitha, Manju & Rawat, a new subspecies of P. squamulosa Mitt. of sect. Vagae Lindenb., is described from the Nelliyampathy Hills in the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. This is the first Indian record of the species P. squamulosa from outside Africa and is supportive of the close relationship between the bryophyte floras of tropical Africa and southern India. The affinities of the new subspecies with P. peradenyensis Schiffn. and P. palangiensis S.C.Srivast., K.K.Rawat & P.K.Verma are also discussed.

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M. S. Sajitha, C. N. Manju, O. M. Sruthi, K. P. Rajesh, and K. K. Rawat "A new subspecies of tropical African Plagiochila squamulosa Mitt. (Plagiochilaceae; Hepaticae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India," The Bryologist 127(1), 104-109, (15 February 2024). https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-127.1.104

Received: 1 May 2023; Accepted: 14 December 2023; Published: 15 February 2024

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