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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

The lichen genus Letrouitia in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173237

Published 2023-12-01

  • T. A. M. Jagadeesh Ram
    • ,
  • George N. Mathew

T. A. M. Jagadeesh Ram
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641003

George N. Mathew
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641003

Abstract

Six species of Letrouitia are recorded from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Letrouitia flavidula (Tuck.) Hafellner and L. parabola (Nyl.) R. Sant. & Hafellner are reported as new records for India and Letrouitia aureola (Tuck.) Hafellner & Bellem., L. flavocrocea (Nyl.) Hafellner & Bellem. and L. muralis Hafellner as new records for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Keywords

Letrouitiaceae, Taxonomy, Evergreen Forest, South-East Asia.

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