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Singh, Devendra

Ptilidium pulcherrimum (G. Weber) Vainio (Hepaticae:Ptilidiaceae) - An Addition to Indian Bryoflora

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Devendra Singh ¹, D. K. Singh ²

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711 103, IN
2 Botanical Survey of India, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 064, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 53 (2011), Pagination: 205-210

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The genus Ptilidium Nees was recorded for the first time from India by Mitten (1861), who described two species, viz. Ptilidium ciliare (L.) Hampe, and P. trichophyllum Mitt. [now treated under a separate genus as Blepharostoma trichophyllum (L.) Dumort.] based on the specimens collected by Sir J.D. Hooker from Sikkim. In the present state of our knowledge the genus is represented world over by three species, viz. P. ciliare (L.) Hampe, P. pulcherrimum (G. Weber) Vainio and P. californicum (Austin) Pearson (Stotler & Crandall-Stotler, 2005), of which only P. ciliare was known from India (Mitten, 1861; Chopra, 1943; Parihar & al., 1994; Singh & al., 2008). In a recent exploration in North Sikkim, some interesting corticolous specimens of the genus were collected with undifferentiated stem cells, 3-4(-5)-lobed leaves with the dorsal lobe 6, 10 cells wide at base and the dorsal sinus descending up to 2/3, 4/5 of leaf length, hence distinct from P. ciliare. A subsequent literature review (Macvicar, 1926; Schuster 1966; Paton, 1999) revealed it to be Ptilidium pulcherrimum (G. Weber) Vainio, earlier known from China, Japan, Europe and North America. The same has been described and illustrated here to facilitate its easy identification in Indian flora.

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A Synoptic Flora of Liverworts and Hornworts of Manipur

A Preliminary Survey of Hepaticae of Little Andaman Island

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Devendra Singh ¹, Monalisa Dey ¹, Gautam Kumar Upadhyay ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711 103, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 52 (2010), Pagination: 125-130

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The Little Andaman Island lies a little towards the south of the Great Andaman group (North, Middle and South Andaman) from which it is separated by the Duncan Passage and covers an area of 739 sq. km. It is separated from the Nicobars by the 10° (Ten Degree) Channel. The climate is warm and humid tropical with the temperature ranging between 20°-32° C. The island receives rainfall twice a year, between May-September from the Southwest monsoon and October-December from the Northeast monsoon, resulting in an average annual rainfall of 3000-3500 mm. The mean relative humidity is between 82-85% throughout the year (Banerjee & Guha Roy, 2002).

During a recent collection of liverworts from Little Andaman Island, an area which has not so far been investigated for its bryoflora, 12 species were collected belonging to family Lejeuneaceae (11 species) and Marchantiaceae (01) species. This includes Cololejeunea gottschei (Steph.) Mizut., Lejeunea anisophylla Mont, and Marchantia linearis Lehm. & Lindenb. As new records for the bryoflora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

All the specimens cited in the text have been deposited in the Cryptogamic section of the Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah (CAL).

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Lejeunea papilionacea Steph. (Hepaticae:Lejeuneaceae) - An Addition to Indian Bryoflora from East Sikkim

A Note on the Status of Metzgeria macrospora (Metzgeriaceae, Marchantiophyta)

Some New and Noteworthy Records of Family Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta) from Sikkim, India

Cheilolejeunea osumiensis (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) - an Addition to the Indian Bryoflora from Eastern Himalaya

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D. K. Singh ¹, Shuvadeep Majumdar ¹, Devendra Singh ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3^rd MSO Building, Block F (5^th floor) Salt Lake Sector I, Kolkata - 700 064, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 56 (2014), Pagination: 259-264

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Cheilolejeunea osumiensis (S.Hatt.) Mizut., earlier known from China and Japan, has been described and illustrated for the first time in Indian bryoflora from Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh and South district of Sikkim.

Keywords

Arunachal Pradesh, Cheilolejeunea osumiensis, India, New Record, Sikkim.

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SINGH, D. 2012. A note on Cheilolejeunea trifaria (Reinw. et al.) Mizut. from Indian Himalayan region. Lindbergia 35: 18-21.

SINGH, D., M. DEY AND D.K. SINGH 2010. A synoptic flora of liverworts and hornworts of Manipur. Nelumbo 52: 9-52.

SINGH DEO, S. AND D.K. SINGH 2013. Cheilolejeunea eximia (Lejeuneaceae: Marchantiophyta) - an addition to the Indian Bryoflora from Eastern Himalaya with a note on distribution of the genus in India. NeBIO 4(4): 52-57.

SINGH, D.K., S.K. SINGH AND M. DEY 2006. On a collection of Hepaticae from Andaman Islands. Phytotaxonomy 6: 99-104.

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Thysananthus Fruticosus (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) - An Addition to the Indian Bryoflora from Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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Authors

Devendra Singh ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah – 711103, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 57 (2015), Pagination: 86-91

Abstract

Thysananthus fruticosus (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Schiffn. is recorded for the first time in Indian bryoflora from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Diversity and distributional relationship and a key to the Indian taxa of the genus is also provided.

Keywords

Thysananthus fruticosus, India, New Record, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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DANIELS, A.E.D., K.C. KARIYAPPA AND P. DANIEL 2011. The Liverwort Thysananthus spathulistipus (Leieuneaceae) long-lost in India rediscovered. Acta Bot. Hung. 53 (3–4): 283–289.

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Chroococcidiopsis, a Cryptoendolithic Cyanobacterium from Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

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Sudipta Kumar Das ¹, Devendra Singh ¹

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1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal – 711 103, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 59, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 105-109

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Cryptoendolithic microbial communities represent a significant microecosystem in Antarctica. Lichens, fungi and algae are the integral components of this biome. In the present communication a cryptoendolithic cyanobacterium, Chroococcidiopsis is reported from the bed rock of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica.

Keywords

Antarctica, Chroococcidiopsis, Cyanobacterium, Larsemann Hills.

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