New moss records for Vanua Levu, Fiji

Fourteen species of mosses are newly recorded from the Savusa area and the greater Delaikoro area on Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island. The fourteen species belong to ten different families, Cyrtopodaceae, Dicranaceae, Hypnodendraceae, Meteoriaceae, Neckeraceae, Orthotrichaceae, Polytrichaceae, Pterobryaceae, Ptychomniaceae and Sematophyllaceae. Four moss species are new records for Vanua Levu, Pogonatum graeffeanum (Mull.Hal.) A.Jaeger, Macromitrium angulatum Mitt., Meiothecium hamatum Broth. and Papillaria helictophylla (Mont.) Broth., while the remaining ten species were previously reported from other locations. The novel distribution records for these species are provided, with notes on their extended range of distribution. Field illustrations of all fourteen taxa are provided, with voucher specimens deposited as permanent records at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium in Fiji.