Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

R. D. Dixit ¹, Dipali Hazra ¹, B. D. Kar ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN

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V. N. Vohra ¹, B. D. Kar ¹

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1 Boranical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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82 species of mosses have been collected from Arunachal Pradesh. Brachythecium formosanum Tak., B. wichurae (Broth,) Par. and Hypnum macrogynum Besch. are new records for India. 7 species : Brachymenium sikkimense Ren. et Card., Brachythecium buchananii (Hook.) Jaeg. var. cuspidiferum (Mitt.) Gangulee et Vohra, Brotherella nictans (Mitt.) Broth., Dicranodontium capillifolium (Dix.) Tak. Ectropothecium ramuligerum Dix., Taxithelium laeviusculum Dix., and Trichosteleum stereodontoides Broth. ex Gangulee, known so far only by the type material, have been collected for the first time since then 48 species and 11 genera are additions to Arunachal Pradesh.

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J. N. Vohra ¹, B. D. Kar ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, IN

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37 species of mosses have been collected from Great Nicobar Island. Among them Taxithelium vernieri (Dub.) Besch., is a new record for India, Leucophanes nicobaricum C. Muell. ex Gangulee and Trichosteleum punctipapillosum Gangulee, endemic to the Islands and so far represented by the type material only, have been collected after more than a century. 17 species occurring on the main land, are new additions to the Island flora, noteworthy among them are: Acanthorrhynchium papillatum (Harv.) Fleisch., Exodictyon blumei (Hamp.) Fleisch., Leucobryum bowringii Mitt., and Wilsoniella decipiens (Mitt.) Alst. Family Pottiaceae, represented by Hyophila involuta (Hook.) Jaeg., and Semibarbula orientalis (Web.) Wijk. et Marg., is reported for the first time.

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