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Issue: Vol. 50 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/bde.50.1.7
Page range: 24-30
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Pseudoparaphysanthus ghatensis sp. nov. (Neckeraceae: Bryophyta) from the southern Western Ghats of India

Bryology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Malappuram Dist., Kerala-673635, India
Bryology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Malappuram Dist., Kerala-673635, India
Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014, Helsinki
Bryophytes Moss taxonomy Nelliyampathy hills Neckeropsis Pseudoparaphysanthus bonianus Pseudoparaphysanthus moutieri South Asia

Abstract

Pseudoparaphysanthus ghatensis (Neckeraceae) is described and illustrated from specimens collected from the Nelliyampathy hills in the southern Western Ghats of India. The new species is characterised by small sized plants, leaves with inframarginal limbidia, a partly bistratose leaf margin and a strong costa extending beyond ¾ of leaf length. Its habit resembles especially that of P. bonianus and P. moutieri which, however, have marginal limbidium instead of an inframarginal one. An identification key to all species of Pseudoparaphysanthus is presented.

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