Additions to the moss floras of Solomon Islands and several countries of tropical Asia

Abstract

The following new records are presented: Solomon Islands: Plagiotheciopsis oblonga (Broth.) Broth,; Malaysia: Neckera warburgii Broth. (Himantocladium warburgii (Broth.) Fleisch.); Vietnam: Taiwanobryum speciosum Nog,; Laos: Himantocladium formosicum Broth. & Yas,; India: Thamnobryum alleghaniense (C.Müll.) Nieuwl.; Nepal: Himantocladium cyclophyllum (C.Müll.) Fleisch. and Homaliadelphus targionianus (Mitt.) Dix. & P. Varde; Bhutan: Neckera muratae Nog., N. polyclada C.Müll., Neckeropsis exserta (Hook.) Broth., Himantocladium cyclophyllum, Pinnatella alopecuroides (Hook.) Fleisch., P. calcutensis Fleisch., Porotrichum fruticosum (Brid.) Jaeg. and Handeliobryum sikkimense (Par.) Ochyra. Hypnum schmidii C.Müll. (Thamnobryum schmidii (C.Müll.) Chopra) is lectotypified and synonymized with Thamnobryum alleghaniense. Discovery of the sporophyte of Himantocladium warburgii in dicates that the species belongs to Neckera Hedw.