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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

Two mosses new to the Western Ghats from the Nilgiri Hills

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172971

Published 2023-07-27

  • B. Dhanyasree
    • ,
  • A. E. D. Daniels

B. Dhanyasree
Bryology Laboratory, Department Of Botany And Research Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

A. E. D. Daniels
Bryology Laboratory, Department Of Botany And Research Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

A recent study made on the bryoflora of Nilgiri Hills reports the occurrence of two species of mosses Didymodon  icmadophilus  and Haplocladium  angustifolium for the first time in the Western Ghats. Detailed descriptions supported by figures and notes on their habitats and distributions are provided.

Keywords

Bryoflora, Didymodon  icmadophilus, Haplocladium  angustifolium

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