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Volume 57, December 2015

Articles

Notes on a Little Known Species of Cololejeunea (Marchantiophyta) Recently Collected in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v57/2015/87106

Published 2015-12-01

  • R. Sreebha
    • ,
  • K. C. Kariyappa
    • ,
  • A. E. D. Daniels

R. Sreebha
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department & Research Centre Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

K. C. Kariyappa
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department & Research Centre Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

A. E. D. Daniels
Bryology Laboratory, Botany Department & Research Centre Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The liverwort Cololejeunea sigmoidea Jovet-Ast & Tixier (Lejeuneaceae) is recorded for the first time in Tamil Nadu from Anamalais in the Western Ghats. The earlier Indian report was from a 75 year old collection made in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. The present report represents the second collection of this species in India.

Keywords

Western Ghats, Anamalais, Cololejeunea sigmoidea.

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