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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

Refining the picture of lichen biota of Himachal Pradesh together with new distributional records to the state

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/167350

Published 2022-08-02

  • Rajesh Bajpai
    • ,
  • Ramya Ranjan Paul
    • ,
  • Upasana Pandey
    • ,
  • C. P. Singh
    • ,
  • Amit Kumar
    • ,
  • Sanjay K. Uniyal
    • ,
  • Veena Pande
    • ,
  • D. K. Upreti

Rajesh Bajpai
PHSS Foundation for Science and Society, Lucknow

Ramya Ranjan Paul
Plant Diversity Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow

Upasana Pandey
Plant Diversity Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow

C. P. Singh
AAED//BPSG/EPSA, Space Applications Centre-ISRO, Ahmedabad, India

Amit Kumar
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

Sanjay K. Uniyal
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

Veena Pande
Department of Bio-Technology, Bhimtal Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarkhand

D. K. Upreti
Plant Diversity Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow

Abstract

Himachal Pradesh (HP) is one of the biodiversity rich states of Western Himalaya, however meagre information is available regarding lichen biota of this state. In the present study an attempt has been made to provide an updated list of lichens from HP. The list is based on recent collections and some previous available literature made by the authors during the last one decade. A total of 714 species of lichens belonging to 189 genera and 49 families are reported, of which 15 species are new addition to the lichen flora of HP. The Lecanorioid and Parmelioid communities exhibit their dominance in the state and majority of the species are found growing over bark and rocks. The available information on the lichen biota of the state will present the current picture of lichens diversity in the state of Himachal Pradesh and will also serve as a baseline for carrying out future long term monitoring studies.

Keywords

lichen communities, growth form, substratum preference

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Rajesh Bajpai

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Ramya Ranjan Paul

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Upasana Pandey

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C. P. Singh

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Amit Kumar

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Sanjay K. Uniyal

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Veena Pande

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D. K. Upreti

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