Three Mosses New to Bryoflora of Eastern Ghats

Abstract

<p>Eastern Ghats are discontinuous hill ranges passing through Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu located between 11⁰30' &amp; 22⁰N<br />latitude and 76⁰50' &amp; 86⁰30'E longitude. Bryophyte flora of this region is still very less explored. During a recent field exploration to<br />Eastern Ghats region of Tamil Nadu three moss taxa viz. Solmsiella biseriata (Austin) Steere, Aulacopilum glaucam Wilson and<br />Groutiella tomentosa (Hornsch) Wijk &amp; Marg. have been identified as new additions to moss flora of Eastern Ghats. The present study<br />provides the information regarding extended range of distribution of these taxa in India and a compensable account of morphotaxonomical<br />details with earlier described taxa from other bryogeographical zones.<br />Keywords: Eastern Ghats, Solmsiella, Aulacopilum, Groutiella, moss.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span>DOI: </span><a id="pub-id::doi" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21756/cba.v1i1.11019">http://dx.doi.org/10.21756/cba.v1i1.11019</a></p>