Checklist of the bryophytes of Tamil Nadu, India - Jan-Peter Frahm

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Checklist of the bryophytes of Tamil Nadu, India
(LWU); Coonoor, 1 Jan 1966, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava 36F/66 (LWU) [Srivastava & Udar
1975b: 814]. To be clarified: in Plate 1 in Srivastava & Udar (1975b), the sculpturing of the
spores shown in figs. 8 and 9 (purporting to be of F. wondraczekii) much more resemble those
of F. pusilla.
Frullania acutiloba Mitt.
– in montibus Nilgiri, Perrottet s.n., type of F. acutiloba (NY) [Mitten 1861: 120; Hattori 1973:
101].
– Shembaganur, Foreau, 1934, 2147 [Chopra 1938: 248, as F. asperula].
– In montibus Nilgiri, E. Hohmacker (HJB 942.312-51) [Hattori 1975c, as F. hampeana var.
acutiloba]
– Kodaikanal, 4 Jan 1962, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava L001, L0013 (LWU); near Pillar rock,
Kodaikanal, 29 Aug 1984, Chandra & V. Nath 204252, 204273, 204278 (LWG); Botanical
Garden, Ootacamund, 30 Dec 1965, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava L003 (LWU); Dodabetta Peak, 5
Jan 1972, R. Udar L005, L0011 (LWU); Upper Bhawani Road, Ootacamund, 2 Jan 1972, R.
Udar L0010 (LWU); Avalanche, 2 Jan 1972, R. Udar L009 (LWU) [Nath & Asthana 1998: 72].
– Kanyakumari Dist., W. Ghats, Maramalai, ca 450 m., 7 Sep 1996, Daniels 111; 6 Apr 1999,
Daniels 436 (SCCN); Tirunelveli Dist., W. Ghats, Agasthyamalai, Narakkad, ca 450 m., 22 May
1997, Daniels 267, 269, 270; on the way to Kannikatti, 350–460 m., 30 July 1999, Daniels 583,
606 (SCCN) [Daniels 2003]. Hattori (1975a) considered F. acutiloba to be a variety of F.
hampeana (F. hampeana Nees. var. acutiloba (Mitt.) S.Hatt.).
Frullania aelotis Mont. & Nees var. squarrosa Mont. & Nees = Frullania ericoides (Nees) Mont. [Grolle
1968b]
Frullania apiculata (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Dumort.
– in montibus Nilgiris, Beddome s.n., Hb. Levier (G-15862) [Nath & Asthana 1998: 75].
– Kanyakumari Dist., W. Ghats, Muthukuzhivayal, ca 1250 m., 26 Jan 2001, Daniels 1433 p.p.
(SCCN) [Daniels 2003].
Frullania appendiculata Steph. = Frullania tamarisci (L.) Dumort. subsp. obscura (Verd.) S.Hatt. [Piippo
1990]
Frullania arecae (Spreng.) Gottsche
– Madras, Wight s.n.; Mont. Nilgiri, Perrottet s.n. [Mitten 1861: 119, as F. wallichiana].
– Kodaikanal, Dec 1970–Jan 1971, K.P. Singh s.n. as F. wallichiana [Udar & Nath 1971: 638].
– Bryant Park (Kodaikanal), 4 Jan 1966, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava L00176, L00179 (LWU);
Kodaikanal, 5 Jan 1966, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava, L00178 (LWU); near Pillar rock
(Kodaikanal), 29 Aug 1984, Chandra & V. Nath 204185 (LWG); near Naduvattam, 3 Jan 1972,
R. Udar L00177 (LWU) [Nath & Asthana 1998: 66, as F. wallichiana].
Frullania asperula Mitt. = Frullania acutiloba Mitt. [Hattori 1975a]
Frullania breviuscula Mitt. = Frullania neurota Taylor [Yuzawa 1991]
Frullania campanulata Sande Lac.
– Kotagiri, Sedgwick, 1916, 380, det. Verdoorn [Chopra 1938: 248].
– Botanical Garden, Ootacamund, 29, 30 Dec 1965, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava L0017, L0020
(LWU); Dodabetta Peak, 5 Jan 1972, R. Udar L0014, L0015, L0019 (LWU); Kodaikanal, on
way to observatory and Bryant Park, 4, 5 Jan 1972, R. Udar & S.C. Srivastava L0016, L0021,
L0022 (LWU); near Pillar Rock, Kodaikanal, 29 Aug 1984, S. Chandra & V. Nath, 5 collections
(LWG); near observatory, Kodaikanal, 29 Aug 1984, S. Chandra & V. Nath 204257 (LWG);
Katherine Falls, Coonoor, 2 July 1907, R. Sethy s.n., (G-14555), det. Verdoorn (see also under
F. polyptera) [Nath & Asthana 1998: 77].
– Kanyakumari Dist., W. Ghats, Maramalai, ca 420 m., 6 Apr 1999, Daniels 437; Klamalai, ca 450
m., 18 Oct 1999, Daniels 772 (SCCN) [Daniels 2003].
Frullania ceylanica Nees
– Kanyakumari Dist., W. Ghats, Sea Feld, ca 800 m., 20 Mar 2003, Daniels 3040 (SCCN).
[Daniels 2003, as F. gaudichaudii var. ceylanica; Daniels & Daniel 2008b]. F. ceylanica has
been treated variously as a distinct species, or as a synonym or variety of F. gaudichaudii.
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