taxonID	type	description	language	source
03ADEB5B376E235CFF173AF8FB39FD68.taxon	materials_examined	Type Locality: Aberdare (Sim, 1926). Plants small, pleurocarpous, yellowish green and epiphytic. Main stem prostrate, irregularly branched, (5 –) 10 – 15 mm long and 0.5 – 0.8 mm wide with leaves. Branches 3 – 4 mm long. Stem 0.05 – 0.12 mm in diameter. Stem in cross-section differentiated into 1 – 2 rows of outer small, slightly thick-walled cortical cells, 4 – 8 × 7 – 12 µm, inner large, thin walled medullary cells, 15 – 19 × 8 – 15 µm, central cells 3 – 5, small, thin-walled, hyaline. Leaves closely arranged, imbricate, 0.7 – 0.8 mm long and 0.2 – 0.3 mm wide, concave, ovate, acuminate, apex narrowed into long subula, margin generally entire, sometimes with minutely projected marginal cells. Costa single, not very strong (weak), short, reaching upto 1 / 2 of the leaf length. Leaf cells long, narrowly rhomboidal, apical cells (subula) 57 – 78 × 3 – 6 µm, upper and middle cells 30 – 45 × 7 – 11 µm, alar cells quadrate to rectangular, 3 – 5 cells in width and 12 – 15 cells in length along the margin, cells 11 – 15 × 7 – 11 µm. Sporophytes present on short lateral branches. Seta erect, 3 – 5 mm long, smooth. Capsule urn-shaped, small, 0.5 – 0.7 × 0.3 – 0.4 mm. Peristome single, teeth in pairs, papillose. Spores spherical, papillose, 11 – 15 µm in diameter. Habitat: Plants are epiphytic, growing on bark surface in association with Fabronia madurensis. Specimen examined: South India: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, Coonoor, Hidden forest, alt. ca. 1950 m, P. K. Verma, A. Alam & N. Sahu, 9 - IV- 2002, 15344 / 02 (LWU).	en	Yadav, S., Bhagat, C., Asthana, G. (2019): Two species of Fabronia new to India. Arctoa 28 (2): 218-221, DOI: 10.15298/arctoa.28.19, URL: https://doi.org/10.15298/arctoa.28.19
