The Indian connection of the Thailand moss flora, with one new species, Fissidens elizbrowniae
Authors
Narin Printarakul
CMU Herbarium, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science,Chiang Mai University,
Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Benito C Tan
The University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA 94720
Kanjana Wongkuna-Thananoppakun
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat
University, Phitsanulok, 65000, Thailand
Kanya Santanachote
CMU Herbarium, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science,Chiang Mai University,
Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
Twenty species of mosses from northern Thailand are reported as new to the moss flora of the country. One of these, Fissidens elizbrowniae B.C.Tan & K.Wongkuna-Thananoppakun is described as a new species. Among the new records, a number of species exhibit a continuous range or disjunctive distribution between India and Thailand (Indochina), highlighting the little known floristic connection between the moss floras of Thailand (Indochina) and the Indian subcontinent. Other new moss records represent probable members of either the East Asiatic or Sino-Himalayan floras.
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