FISSIDENS IN THE FIJI ISLANDS

Abstract

  Twenty-nine species and varieties of Fissidens are recorded for the Fiji Islands. Among these eight species and one variety, F. hyalinus, F. maceratus, F. subbryoides, F. ceylonensis, F. minutus, F. rupicola, F. guandongensis, F. serratus, and F. zippelianus var. robinsonii, are new to the moss flora of the region. Six names, F. glossobryoides, F. serrifolius, F. vitiensis, F. sylvaticus var. mammosus, F. mangarevensis var. peracutus, and F. peracuminatus, are reduced to synonymy. One species, F. pungens, is excluded from the moss flora of the region. Several species are illustrated, and the phytogeography of the genus in the region is discussed.