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

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Checklist of the bryophytes of Tamil Nadu, India
Frullania glomerata (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Mont. – listed from the Nilgiri Mts. by Montagne
(1842b) and Mitten (1861), but the species is confined to tropical C. and S. America (Gradstein
& Costa 2003). It is not known to which taxon the Indian specimens should be assigned.
Frullania grandistipula Lindenb. – Madras Pen. (no details) [Hattori 1974]. Hattori (1974, 1976)
included "Madras Pen." in summary distribution lists for this species. However, source literature
for the record has not yet been found, and the record may not have been made within Tamil
Nadu.
Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm. (syn. F. aelotis) – confined to Europe eastwards to Iran, and
North America, Mexico (Schuster, 1992a).
Jungermannia pfleidereri Amakawa & Váňa – Madura, associated with Liochleana subulata,
Pfleiderer s.n., det. Stephani, as Solenostoma purpuratum (PC) [Amakawa 1972: 388, as
Jungermannia pfleidereri]. Váňa (1974: 278) commented that J. pfleidereri may belong to J.
polyrhizoides Grolle as a modification, but a study of more material is required. The collection is
very poor (J. Váňa, pers. comm., Feb 2010), and perhaps indeterminate.
Liochlaena lanceolata Nees (syn. Jungermannia leiantha Grolle) – Reported in Chopra 1938: 245,
as Aplozia lanceolata. However, J. leiantha is confined to northern temperate regions (e.g.
Schuster, 1969; Paton, 1999), and is unconfirmed east of the Ural Mountains (Váňa & Long
2009). Probably all Indian records refer to L. subulata.
Lejeunea serpyllifolia sensu Montagne (1842b) – to be clarified: L. serpyllifolia is a synonym of L.
patens Lindb., a species confined to Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus (Schuster, 1980; Grolle
1982; Paton, 1999).
Leptocolea ocellata sensu Chopra 1938 (Cololejeunea ocellata (Horik.) Benedix) – treated here as
a mis-identification.
Leptolejeunea himalayensis Pandé & R.N.Misra – this taxon was redetermined as Lejeunea sp. by
Awasthi (1986). The recent report from Tamil Nadu (Daniels & Daniel 2003c) to be re-assessed.
Phragmicoma filiformis sensu Montagne (1842b) – to be clarified: Omphalanthus filiformis (Sw.)
Nees (syn. Phragmicoma filiformis (Sw.) Nees) is confined to the Neotropics (Gradstein &
Costa 2003).
Plagiochila dichotoma sensu Montagne (1842b) – to be clarified: P. dichotoma (P.Beauv) Nees &
Mont. is apparently confined to the neotropics and Africa (Jones 1962).
Plagiochila javanica (Sw.) Nees & Mont. – confined to SE Asia (So & Grolle 2000a).
Plagiochila levieri Schiffn. – synonym of P. propinqua Sande Lac, which ranges from SE Asia to
the W. Pacific.
Porella pinnata L. – confined to N. America and W. Europe (e.g. Schuster 1980; Paton 1999).
Radula boryana sensu Montagne (1842b) – probably referring to the collection that Castle (1966)
identified as R. perrottetii Gottsche, "ex Hb. Montagne".
Radula complanata sensu Montagne (1842b) – to be clarified: R. complanata is a species of
northern temeprate regions.
Radula tokiensis Steph.– a species of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea); the report in Chopra (1938)
is treated as a mis-identification.
Riccia warnstorfii Limpr. – probably confined to Europe and around the Mediterranean;
doubtfully from eastern N. America. Indian reports are considered likely to refer to other
species.
Scapania glaucescens sensu Montagne (1842b) – identity not known; a synonym of Schistochila
glaucescens (Hook.) A.Evans, endemic to New Zealand (Schuster & Engel 1985).
Solenostoma gracillimum (Sm.) R.M.Schust. (syn. Jungermannia creunlata Sm.) – confined to the
Holoarctic region, including the Himalayan region (Schuster, 1969; Paton, 1999; Váňa & Long
2009). Its presence in southern India requires confirmation.
Solenostoma purpuratum (Mitt.) Steph. – Kodaikanal, Foreau, 1934, 2129, as Aplozia purpurata
[Chopra 1938: 245]. To be clarified: neither Amakawa nor Váňa mention a Tamil Nadu record
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