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. 2012 Dec 6:(18):39-44.
doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.18.3314. Print 2012.

Symphysodontella madhusoodananii (Pterobryaceae, Moss) a new species from the Western Ghats of India

C N Manju  1 , K P Rajesh
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Symphysodontella madhusoodananii (Pterobryaceae, Moss) a new species from the Western Ghats of India

C N Manju et al. PhytoKeys. .

Abstract

Symphysodontella madhusoodananii Manju & Rajesh, sp. nov. an epiphytic pendant moss, with flagellate branches and long acuminate leaves with two short costa is described and illustrated from the tropical wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats of India.

Keywords: India; Kerala; Moss; New Amarambalam; Pterobryaceae; Symphysodontella madhusoodananii; Western Ghats.

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Figure 1.
Symphysodontella madhusoodananii, a–b habit c–e leaf at main stem f leaf at flagella g–h leaf tip i basal marginal cells j–k leaf margin at tip l–m leaf insertion cells n leaf middle cells o basal cells enlarged p leaf tip cells q leaf middle cells r–s leaf basal cells.
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