Fabronia schensiana C. Muell., a new record from Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India

摘要

Asthana G. & Yadav S. 2013. Fabronia schensiana C. Muell., a new record from Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India. Geophytology 42(2): 159 - 161. Fabronia schensiana C. Muell., belonging to the family Fabroniaceae, is a rare taxon and has been reported from Sikkim and Nagaland in Eastern Himalaya and from Kerala in South India. During the study of bryophytes from Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu (South India), the fertile plants of this taxon were collected, growing as corticolous population in Kodaikanal (Observatory Road), which shows its extended distribution in peninsular India from Kerala to Tamil Nadu. The South Indian population has been described and illustrated along with their sporophytic details.