Fissidens pokhrensis Nork. ex S.S.Kumar SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Myanmar, Kachin State, Hponkan Razi, epiphytic in evergreen boadleaved forest, mixed with F. serratus and F. strictidens, 1565 m, 27.548702N, 97.032742E, 14.X.2014, J. Kluge & P.K. Kine 14-031-001b-B2 (DR, private herbarium Bruggeman-Nannenga); Natma Taung (Mt Victoria), epiphytic in evergreen Oak forest, 2000 m, 21.2034963N, 94.0236152E, 10.XI.2012, P.K. Kine 12_74_09-F (DR, private herbarium Bruggeman-Nannenga). REMARKS The species was described by Kumar (1979) from India (Himachal-Pradesh) and was reported as new to Japan (Honshu) by Suzuki (2017). Fissidens pokhrensis belongs to sect. Semilimbidium Müll.Hal. and is characterized by narrowly lanceolate leaves, a yellow costa ceasing below the apex, pluripapillose laminal cells and smooth setae.

Published as part of 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., pp. 229-238 in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (18) on page 236, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2020v41a18, http://zenodo.org/record/7822194