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Volume 63, Issue 1, July 2021

Articles

Bryophytes of Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/157572

Published 2021-07-31

  • Krishna Kumar Rawat
    • ,
  • Vinay Sahu
    • ,
  • Ramya Ranjan Paul

Krishna Kumar Rawat
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226001

Vinay Sahu
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226001

Ramya Ranjan Paul
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226001

Abstract

On the basis of compilation of earlier reports and results of fresh exploration, the present work provides a list of 113 bryophyte taxa from Mount Abu, Rajasthan including 24 taxa as new to the Mount Abu area. Out of these, 14 are new records to Rajasthan state, while 07 taxa are new to Central Indian bryo-geographical region.

Keywords

Central India, Hornworts, Liverworts, Mosses, Rajasthan

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Author Biography

Krishna Kumar Rawat

Senior Technical Officer,

Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division,

CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute

 

Vinay Sahu

Senior Technical Officer,

Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division,

CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute

 

Ramya Ranjan Paul

Research Scholar,

Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division,

CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute

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