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Description of Six New Species and Two New Infraspecific Taxa of Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) from India


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong - 793003, India
 

Six new species namely Cololejeunea khawanglungensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Cololejeunea murlenensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Drepanolejeunea mizoramensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Lejeunea bukpuiensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Lejeunea kolasibensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Leptolejeunea mizoramnsis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., and two new varieties namely Lejeunea eifrigii var. indica Sushil K. Singh var. nov., Spruceanthus semirepandus var. indicus Sushil K. Singh var. nov. belonging to family Lejeuneaceae have been described from Mizoram in North-East India.

Keywords

Cololejeunea, Drepanolejeunea, Lejeunea, Leptolejeunea, India, New Species, Spruceanthus.
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Sushil Kumar Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong - 793003, India

Abstract


Six new species namely Cololejeunea khawanglungensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Cololejeunea murlenensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Drepanolejeunea mizoramensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Lejeunea bukpuiensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Lejeunea kolasibensis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., Leptolejeunea mizoramnsis Sushil K. Singh sp. nov., and two new varieties namely Lejeunea eifrigii var. indica Sushil K. Singh var. nov., Spruceanthus semirepandus var. indicus Sushil K. Singh var. nov. belonging to family Lejeuneaceae have been described from Mizoram in North-East India.

Keywords


Cololejeunea, Drepanolejeunea, Lejeunea, Leptolejeunea, India, New Species, Spruceanthus.

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