New moss records for Vanua Levu, Fiji

Abstract

Fourteen species of mosses are newly recorded from the Savusa area and the greater Delaikoro area on
Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island. The fourteen species belong to ten different families, Cyrtopodaceae,
Dicranaceae, Hypnodendraceae, Meteoriaceae, Neckeraceae, Orthotrichaceae, Polytrichaceae, Pterobryaceae,
Ptychomniaceae and Sematophyllaceae. Four moss species are new records for Vanua Levu, Pogonatum
graeffeanum (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger, Macromitrium angulatum Mitt., Meiothecium hamatum Broth. and
Papillaria helictophylla (Mont.) Broth., while the remaining ten species were previously reported from other
locations. The novel distribution records for these species are provided, with notes on their extended range
of distribution. Field illustrations of all fourteen taxa are provided, with voucher specimens deposited as
permanent records at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium in Fiji.