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Volume 60, Issue 2, December 2018

Articles

Colura calyptrifolia (Lejeuneaceae: Marchantiophyta) a rare leafy liverwort from the Western Ghats of India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v60/2018/127615

Published 2018-12-31

  • B. Mufeed
    • ,
  • V. K. Chandini
    • ,
  • C. N. Manju
    • ,
  • K. P. Rajesh

B. Mufeed
PG and Research Department of Botany, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode – 673014, Kerala

V. K. Chandini
PG and Research Department of Botany, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode – 673014, Kerala

C. N. Manju
PG and Research Department of Botany, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode – 673014, Kerala

K. P. Rajesh
PG and Research Department of Botany, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode – 673014, Kerala

Abstract

Colura calyptrifolia (Hook.) Dumort. a very small and rare interesting epiphytic species of the family Lejeuneaceae is reported for the first time from Anamudishola National Park in the Western Ghats of Kerala. The description and illustration based on the present collection are provided herewith. The species is characterized by strongly inflated lobules forming a fusiform sac with a narrow beak-like prolongation at the tip.

Keywords

Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta, New record, Rare, Western Ghats.

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Author Biography

B. Mufeed

Botany

Research Scholar

V. K. Chandini

Botany

Research Scolar

C. N. Manju

Botany

Asst. Professor

K. P. Rajesh

Botany

Asst. Professor

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