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

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Checklist of the bryophytes of Tamil Nadu, India
– Tiger Shola, Mar 1926 (nos. 35 & 65); Perumalmalai Shola, 28 Mar 1926 (no. 136); Kodaikanal,
Dec 1926 (no. 491); Togaivarai Shola, 5 Jan 1927 (no. 538) [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1927:
179].
– Nilgiri, Palni [Gangulee 1974: 1046, as Mnium rostratum Schrad.].
Plagiomnium succulentum (Mitt.) T.J.Kop.
– Upper Palnis, Madura, 1929, Foreau 1140 [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1930: 188.
– Shembaganur at 1828 m., 1912; Kodaikanal at 2286 m., 1959 [Foreau 1961: 27].
Plagiothecium neckeroideum Schimp. var. madurense Dixon & P.de la Varde
– Shembaganur, 1913 (no. 993) [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1927: 183].
– Shembaganur at 1830 m., 1913 [Foreau 1961: 41].
– PC; BM [Matthew 1973: 524].
– Palni hills (Shembaganur) [Chopra 1975: 489].
Type: Palni hills, Foreau 993 (PC; BM). Endemic to Palni hills.
Plagiothecium neckeroideum Schimp. var. sikkimense Renauld & Cardot
– Palni [Gangulee 1980: 1808].
Plagiothecium vesiculariopsis Dixon & P.de la Varde
– Near stream, Tiger Shola, Pulney Hills, 16 Jan 1927 (no. 705) [Dixon & Potier de la Varde 1927:
174].
– Palni Hills [Brühl 1931: 101].
– Tiger Shola at 1676 m., 1927 [Foreau 1961: 41].
– PC; BM; RHT [Matthew 1973: 524].
– Palni hills (Tiger Shola) [Chopra 1975: 491].
Type: Palni hills, Foreau 705 (PC; BM; RHT). Endemic to Palni hills.
Platydictya madurensis (Cardot & P.de la Varde ) R.S.Chopra
– Palni hills (Kodaikanal, Pambar Ravine, on rocks alt. 2300, 18 Mar 1912, leg. Foreau) [Potier de
la Varde 1923: 78; Chopra 1975: 450].
– PC; BM [Matthew 1973: 520].
Type: Palni hills, Foreau 18 (PC; BM). Endemic to Palni hills.
Platyhypnidium muelleri (A.Jaeger) M.Fleisch. = Rhynchostegium muelleri A.Jaeger var. muelleri [Noguchi,
Iwatsuki & Yamaguchi 1991]
Platyhypnidium riparioides (Hedw.) Dixon = Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) Cardot [Ignatov & Afonina
1992]
Platyhypnidium rusciforme M.Fleisch. = Rhynchostegium riparioides (Hedw.) Cardot [Ignatov & Afonina
1992]
Pleuridium denticulatum (Müll.Hal.) Mitt.
– Montes Neilgherrenses: Dr. Bernhardus Schmid, missionarius, Hb. Neilgh. Jenense [Müller
1853: 18].
– Upper Palnis: Shembaganur; Lower Palnis: Perumalmalai [Foreau 1930: 7].
– Perumalmalai Peak at 2194 m., 1926; Perumalmalai Slopes at 1981 m., 1958; Old Ghat Road at
763 m., 1959 [Foreau 1961: 16].
– Nilgiri and Palni hills (Perumalmalai) [Chopra 1975: 40].
Type: Nilgiri hills, Dr. B. Schmid s.n. (PC). Endemic to Tamil Nadu.
Pleuropus nilgheriensis (Mont.) Cardot = Palamocladium leskeoides (Hook.) E.Britton [Kurschner 2000]
Poecilophyllum amoene-virens (Mitt.) Mitt. = Leucoloma amoene-virens Mitt. [Mitten 1859]
Poecilophyllum nitens Thwaites & Mitt. = Leucoloma nitens (Thwaites & Mitt.) A.Jaeger [Jaeger 1880]
Pogonatum aloides (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
– Upper Palnis, 6300 ft., C.E.C. Fischer 2997 (CAL) [Dixon 1914: 80].
– Nilgiri [Gangulee 1969: 99].
– Nilgiri and Palni hills [Chopra 1975: 23].
– Haduvattum, 1710 m., on soil, August 1993. PAN-4604 [Kumar & Maniselvan 1994: 99].
Pogonatum aloides (Hedw.) P.Beauv. forma neesii (Müll.Hal.) Gangulee = Pogonatum neesii (Müll.Hal.)
Dozy [Dozy 1856]
Pogonatum graeffeanum (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger = Pogonatum subtortile (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger [Hyvönen 1989a]
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