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Volume 63, Issue 1, July 2021

Articles

Pohlia leucostoma (Bryaceae): A New Addition to Indian Bryoflora

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/156656

Published 2021-07-31

  • Ashish K. Asthana
    • ,
  • Vinay Sahu

Ashish K. Asthana
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow – 226 001

Vinay Sahu
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow – 226 001

Abstract

Pohlia leucostoma (Bosch & Sande Lac.) M. Fleisch. has been identified and described as a new addition to the bryoflora of India from Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The taxon is characterized by acrocarpous, bright green, glossy plants with linear and filiform leaf propagules with 1-2 peg-like leaf primordia, forming clusters in leaf axils at the apex of stem.

Keywords

Distribution, India, Pohlia leucostoma, Western Himalaya.

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Author Biography

Ashish K. Asthana

Senior Principal Scientist, Bryology, Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium

Vinay Sahu

Senior Technical Officer, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow, India

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