The little-known Fissidens axilliflorus Thwaites & Mitt. (Fissidentaceae: Bryophyta) - new to the moss flora of India

Fissidens axilliflorus, so far known from Sri Lanka and Laos, has been discovered in the Western Ghats in India. A description with line drawings, a photo plate and a key to distinguish F. axilliflorus from the similar F. crenulatus are provided

Rediscovery of a long-lost moss Fissidens serratus var. serratus in the Western Ghats of India

Fissidens serratus, a long-lost liverwort, is rediscovered in the Indira Gandhi National Park in Anamalais in the Western Ghats in Peninsular India after nearly two centuries. Till now, the collection made by Perrottet between 1834 and 1839 in the Nilgiri Hills has been the only Indian representative of this species

Ceratolejeunea belangeriana (Lejeuneaceae), new to India from the Western Ghats

Abstract Ceratolejeunea belangeriana is added here to the liverwort flora of India from the Indira Gandhi National Park, Anamalais in the Western Ghats. A brief description together with illustrations are provided

Cheilolejeunea obtusifolia (Lejeuneaceae) new to the Indian mainland from the Western Ghats

Cheilolejeunea obtusifolia, so far known only from Andaman Islands in India, is added here to the flora of the Indian mainland from the Anamalais in the Western Ghats. A brief description with an illustration and a photoplate is provided here since there is none based on any Indian material

Additions to the moss flora of peninsular India from the Western Ghats

Two Asian mosses Entodontopsis setschwanica (Broth.) W. R. Buck et R. R. Ireland and Mitthyridium cardotii (M. Fleisch.) H. Rob., so far known from the Eastern Himalaya and Northeast India, respectively for India, are added here to the moss flora of Peninsular India from the Western Ghats. Brief descriptions with illustrations are provided

Genus Wijkia (Sematophyllaceae, Bryophyta) in the western ghats of India

The Asian moss Wijkia baculifera (Dixon) H. A. Crum so far known from Northeast India and Myanmar, is added here to the moss flora of Peninsular India from the Western Ghats. A brief description with illustrations and photographic plate is provided

The moss Actinodontium adscendens – new to India from the Western Ghats

The moss Actinodontium adscendens is added here to the flora of India from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. It is described and illustrated with notes on its habitat

Symphyodon erraticus (Symphyodontaceae): an addition to the moss flora of the Western Ghats

The moss Symphyodon erraticus has been discovered from the Western Ghats and is an addition to the moss flora of the W. Ghats. A brief description with illustrations and a colour plate is provided

Ectropothecium sodale (Hypnaceae, Bryophyta) — New to India from the peninsula

The moss Ectropothecium sodale is added here to the flora of India from the peninsular part of the country. A brief description with illustrations and a photographic plate are provided