Checklist of Plants of India

Bazzania praerupta (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Trevis., Mem. Reale Ist. Lombardo Sci., Ser. 3, Cl. Sci. Mat. 4: 414. 1877.

Jungermannia praerupta Reinw., Blume & Nees, Nova Acta Phys.Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.Carol. Nat. Cur. 12: 229. 1825.

Mastigobryum praeruptum (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Lindenb. in Gottsche & al., Syn. Hepat. 224. 1845.

Bazzania decurva (Nees) Trevis., Mem. Reale Ist. Lombardo Sci., Ser. 3, Cl. Sci. Mat. 4: 414. 1877.

Mastigobryum decurvum Nees in Gottsche & al., Syn. Hepat. 223. 1845.

Distribution: India [AR: Tirap, Namdapha NP , Deban (D.K. Singh, 1996); KL: Thiruvananthapuram, Agasthyamala, on way to Pandavamala (Manjula & al., 2013); ML: Mawphlang (Mizutani, 1967; Sharma & S.C. Srivastava, 1993; A.P. Singh & Nath, 2007a); MN: West Mountain, Sirohi Hill (D. Singh & al., 2010a); NL: Longkhum (Eshuo & Chaturvedi, 2011b); SK: West Sikkim, Bakkhim, Gayzing Bazar, Khangchendzonga BR, Dzongri, Pamianchi (Sharma & S.C. Srivastava, 1993); UT: Valley of Flowers NP, Dhakuri, Loharkhet (Sharma & S.C. Srivastava, 1993); WB: Darjeeling, Sandakphu, Sukia, Tonglu, Chittre above Manebhanjang, around Dak Bungalow (Mizutani, 1967; Sharma & S.C. Srivastava, 1993)], Bhutan (Long & Grolle, 1990; Zhou & al., 2012), China (Piippo, 1990; Zhu, 2006; Zhou & al., 2012), Hawaii (Staples & Imada, 2006), Japan (Yamada & Iwatsuki, 2006), Malaysia (ChuahPetiot, 2011), Nepal (Hattori, 1975a; Pradhan & Joshi, 2009; Zhou & al., 2012), Philippines (Tan & Engel, 1986), Sri Lanka (Onraedt, 1981; Long & Rubasinghe, 2014), Taiwan (Wang & al., 2011), Thailand (Lai & al., 2008), Vietnam (Pócs, 1969). Note: Nees (1845) described this species as M. decurvum from peninsular India orientalis ‘Indiae orientalis’.