Fissidens linearis var. obscuriretis (Broth. & Paris) I.G.Stone

Bruggeman-Nannenga, Maria A. & Müller, Frank, 2020, A contribution to the Fissidens Hedw. (Musci, Fissidentaceae) of Myanmar, including F. strictidens sp. nov. and F. pseudoanomalus sp. nov., Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (18), pp. 229-238 : 236

Fissidens linearis var. obscuriretis (Broth. & Paris) I.G.Stone

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — Myanmar, Kachin State, Hponkan Razi, evergreen broadleaved rainforest, epiphytic, 1048 m, 27.561667N, 97.108695E, 27.X.2014, J. Kluge & P. K. Kine 14-054-001d-A (DR, private herbarium Bruggeman-Nannenga).

REMARKS

The taxon was described as Fissidens obscuriretis Broth. & Paris from New Caledonia ( Brotherus 1909) and was later transferred to the rank of a variety of F. linearis Brid. by Stone (1991).

The taxa has previously been reported from Australia (e.g. Stone 1991; Cairns et al. 2019), China ( Li 1985; Redfearn et al. 1996), Fiji ( Iwatsuki & Suzuki 1996), Korea ( Li & Iwatsuki 2001), Japan ( Iwatsuki 1991), New Caledonia (type), Taiwan ( Li & Iwatsuki 2001), New Hebrides, Vanuatu ( Iwatsuki & Suzuki 1995), Papua New Guinea ( Suzuki & Iwatsuki 2011), and Philippines ( Tan & Iwatsuki 1991).

A record from India ( Manjula et al. 2015) seems to be Fissidens speluncae Herzog.