The Indian connection of the Thailand moss flora, with one new species, Fissidens elizbrowniae

Abstract

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.

Bryophytes Harbor Cultivable Actinobacteria With Plant Growth Promoting Potential

“…Physcomitrium sphaericum moss is known to be distributed only in the temperate regions; North America, Europe, Russia, China, and Japan. Recently, it has been found in the tropical country and reported as new record to Thailand ( Printarakul et al, 2014 ). The inoculation of M. chalcea CMU55-4 on P. sphaericum moss resulted in an increase of carotenoid content, fresh and dry weight significantly higher than the control ( Figure 3 ).…”

Notes on Distichophyllum armatum (Daltoniaceae, Bryophyta) in Thailand

“…He, 1998;Akiyama, 2006;Ho et al, 2010). The discovery of new species and new records of mosses from Thailand (e.g., Ho et al, 2010;Printarakul et al, 2014;Hassama & Chantanaorrapint, 2015;Sukkharak & He, 2015;Juengprayoon et al, 2016), suggests that many bryophyte taxa await discovery in this country.…”

Venturiella sinensis (Erpodiaceae, Bryophyta), a new species and a new family for the moss flora of Russia

“…The species occurs in East Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand) (Noguchi & Iwatsuki, 1988;Wu et al, 2011;Printarakul et al, 2014) and southern states of USA (Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas), where it is represented by var. angusti-annulata (Pursell & Allen, 2007) (Fig.…”