Oxyrrhynchium speciosum (Brid.) Warnst. (Brachytheciaceae: Bryophyta) – new to the moss flora of India from the Western Ghats

Oxyrrhynchium speciosum (Brid.) Warnst. which was known so far from Africa, Europe, New Zealand and China and Russia in Asia, has been discovered in some pockets of the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. This discovery adds one more species to the moss flora of India. A description with figures, a distribution map and a key to distinguish O. speciosum from the other indigenous species are provided

Note on the distribution of Riccia beyrichiana Hampe ex Lehm. (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) in India

Riccia beyrichiana Hampe ex Lehm. is a more or less cosmopolitan species. In India, it was earlier known to be distributed in the Western Himalayas, Northeast India, Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Western Ghats of Kerala. This species has now been collected in the Nilgiri Hills on the Western Ghats which is an addition to Tamil Nadu. A detailed description of the species with a photographic plate and a distribution map is provided

Two species of Isopterygium Mitt. - new to the Eastern Ghats in Peninsular India

Isopterygium lignicola and I. longitheca are new to the bryoflora of the Eastern Ghats. Of these, I. longitheca is new to Peninsular India. The present discovery extends its distribution to the southern end of the country. Brief descriptions with illustrations and photo plates are provided here. A key is provided for those species in discussion

The Erpodiaceae (Bryophyta: Isobryales) of India

Three genera, viz., Aulacopilum, Erpodium and Solmsiella are recognized in the moss family Erpodiaceae. Aulacopilum and Erpodium have 2 species each while Solmsiella has only one. Aulacopilum beccarii and Erpodium glaziovii are added to the moss flora of Asia, and South and Southeast Asia respectively. Aulacopilum glaucum is added to the moss flora of India. The name Aulacopilum beccarii is resuscitated. The genera and species are keyed out. Apart from a detailed description and information on habitat, each species is illustrated and its distribution is mapped

Taxonomy and distribution of Cheilolejeunea larsenii Mizut. (Marchantiophyta, Lejeuneaceae), with special reference to three new synonyms

Cheilolejeunea exinnovata E.W. Jones, a rare and poorly known liverwort from Africa and Brazil, C. ghatensis G. Asthana, S.C. Srivast. & A.K. Asthana, previously endemic to India, and C. adnata (Kunze ex Lehm.) Grolle var. autoica Gradst. & Ilk.-Borg. reported only from French Guiana are proposed as new synonyms of the Asian Cheilolejeunea larsenii Mizut., so far known only from China and Thailand. Cheilolejeunea larsenii is characterized by its rounded leaf apex, a small and strongly inflated leaf lobule that possesses a distinctively long and unicellular lobule tooth, and an absence of gynoecial innovations. A detailed description, taxonomic notes, new localities, distribution map, and illustrations of C. larsenii are provided