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A Preliminary Study on Liverworts and Hornworts of Tripura, North-East India


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1 Botanical Suvey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong - 793 003, Meghalaya, India
 

A preliminary study on liverwort and hornwort is conducted for the Indian State of Tripura lies under Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot for the first time. A total of 101 taxa (95 species, 3 subspecies, 2 varieties of liverworts and one species of hornworts) are reported in the presentwork from the State. Out of which seven species viz., Lejeunea pallide-virens S. Hatt., Mastigolejeunea indica Steph., Mastigolejeunea virens (Ångstr.) Steph., Riccardia perssonii S. C. Srivast.&Udar, Schiffneriolejeunea polycarpa (Nees) Gradst., Schiffneriolejeunea pulopenangensis (Gottsche) Gradst., Schiffneriolejeunea tumida (Nees) Gradst. are recorded for the first time from Himalayan region. Three taxa namely, Frullania campanulata Sande Lac., Porella campylophylla (Lehm.&Lindb.) Trevis. subsp. lancistipula (Steph.) S. Hatt., Porella chinensis (Steph.) S. Hatt. var. chinensis are new to East Himalayan bryogeographical territory. Remaining all 90 taxa are documented for the first time from State of Tripura.

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Diversity, Hornwort, Liverwort, Tripura.
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Authors

Sushil Kumar Singh
Botanical Suvey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong - 793 003, Meghalaya, India
Shashi Kumar
Botanical Suvey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong - 793 003, Meghalaya, India

Abstract


A preliminary study on liverwort and hornwort is conducted for the Indian State of Tripura lies under Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot for the first time. A total of 101 taxa (95 species, 3 subspecies, 2 varieties of liverworts and one species of hornworts) are reported in the presentwork from the State. Out of which seven species viz., Lejeunea pallide-virens S. Hatt., Mastigolejeunea indica Steph., Mastigolejeunea virens (Ångstr.) Steph., Riccardia perssonii S. C. Srivast.&Udar, Schiffneriolejeunea polycarpa (Nees) Gradst., Schiffneriolejeunea pulopenangensis (Gottsche) Gradst., Schiffneriolejeunea tumida (Nees) Gradst. are recorded for the first time from Himalayan region. Three taxa namely, Frullania campanulata Sande Lac., Porella campylophylla (Lehm.&Lindb.) Trevis. subsp. lancistipula (Steph.) S. Hatt., Porella chinensis (Steph.) S. Hatt. var. chinensis are new to East Himalayan bryogeographical territory. Remaining all 90 taxa are documented for the first time from State of Tripura.

Keywords


Diversity, Hornwort, Liverwort, Tripura.

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