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

ARCHIVE FOR BRYOLOGY 65 (2010)
Checklist of the bryophytes of Tamil Nadu, India
Fissidens cristatus Wilson ex Mitt. = Fissidens dubius P.Beauv. [Karttunen 1987]
Fissidens curvatoinvolutus Dixon
– Upper Palnis: Toger Shola, No. 561, 1927; Lower Palnis: Manalur Nos. 349 and 351 [Foreau
1930: 7; Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1927: 163].
– Palni Hills [Brühl 1931: 19].
– Perumalai at 1600 m., 1920; Manalur at 1232 m., 1926 [Foreau 1961: 15, as Fissidens aberrans
Broth. & Dixon].
– Palni [Gangulee 1971: 478].
– Tirunelveli Dist., W. Ghats, Mundanthurai, Kannikatti road, 240-510 m., 30 July 1999, Daniels
561, 621, 633, 648 [Daniels 2003].
Fissidens curvatoxiphioides Dixon & P.de la Varde = Fissidens beckettii Mitt. [Iwatsuki 1991]
Fissidens curvatus Hornsch.
– Perumalmalai Shola, 3 Apr 1926 & 31 Dec 1926 (nos. 193, 521b, 522); Manalur, Lower
Pulneys, 17 June 1926 (nos 348, 351 p.p.); no. 687, sans indication precise, 11 Jan 1927;
Sirumalai, on ground, 24 Apr 1924 (no. 425) [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1927: 177]. .
– Upper Palnis: Tiger Shola, Perumalmalai; Lower Palnis: Manalur [Foreau 1930: 6].
– PC [Matthew 1973: 522].
Fissidens diversifolius Mitt.
– Nilgiri [Gangulee 1971: 494].
Fissidens dubius P.Beauv.
– Kodaikanal, leg. Foreau no. 21 [Potier de la Varde 1922: 42, as Fissidens atrovirens Cardot,
nom. nud. in synon.].
– Upper Palnis: Kodaikanal [Foreau 1930: 7, as Fissidens cristatus Wilson].
– Kodaikanal at 2133 m., 1927 [Foreau 1961: 15, as Fissidens cristatus Wilson].
– Nilgiri, Palni [Gangulee 1971: 555].
Fissidens excedens Broth.
– Perumal no. 283 [Potier de la Varde 1925: 41].
– Perumalmalai Shola, along torrent, ca 5100 ft., 3 Apr 1926 (no. 197); Tiger Shola, 15 Dec 1926
(no. 642); no. 639, sans localité précise [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1927: 177].
– Shembaganur, S.H. College, Foreau 1021, 1021B [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1930: 185].
– Upper Palnis: Shembaganur Perumalmalai; Lower Palnis: Togaivarai Shola [Foreau 1930: 7].
– Shembaganur at 1866 m., 1959; Old Ghat Road at 1676 m., 1959 [Foreau 1961: 15].
– Pillar Rocks, Kodaikanal, 3 Aug 1973 [Tixier 1979: 110]. Endemic to S. India.
Fissidens flaccidus Mitt.
– Lower Palnis: Manalur [Foreau 1930: 6, as Fissidens brachyneuron M.Fleisch.].
– Manalur at 1067 m., 1926 [Foreau 1961: 15, as Fissidens brachyneuron Broth. & M.Fleisch.].
– Shembaganur at 1866 m., 1926 [Foreau 1961: 15, as Fissidens minutus Thwaites & Mitten].
– Kanyakumari Dist., W. Ghats, Kulasekharam, 200–300 m., 24 June 1999, Daniels 503, 510B;
Ashambu, ca 100 m., 11 Oct 2005, L.L. Sumam 2; 100–420 m., 5 Nov 2005, L.L. Sumam 9, 34;
ca 100 m., 19 Nov 2005, L.L. Sumam 58 [Daniels 2003].
Fissidens ganguleei Nork.
– Kanyakumari Dist., W. Ghats, Kulasekharam, ca 150 m., 24 June 1999, Daniels 518 [Daniels
2003].
Fissidens gardneri Mitt.
– Mundanthurai, Foreau 977B [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1930: 185, as F. microcladus].
Fissidens grandifrons Brid.
– South India (Ooty) [Gangulee 1971: 566].
Fissidens griffithii Gangulee
– Kanyakumari Distr., W. Ghats, Maramalai, C.M.S. Glenbeck Estate, 450 m., 23 Jan 1999,
Daniels 402 (MH, SCCH) [Daniels & Daniel 2003b].
Fissidens hyalinus Hook. & Wilson
– Perumalmalai at 1562 m., 1956 [Foreau 1961: 15, as Fissidens nymanii M.Fleisch.].
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