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Volume 53, December 2011

Articles

Mosses New to the Bryoflora of the Western Ghats from the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v53/2011/57541

Published 2011-12-07

  • A. E. D. Daniels
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  • J. L. Mabel
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  • S. Sreeji

A. E. D. Daniels
Bryology Lab., Bot. Dept. & Res. Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil 629 003

J. L. Mabel
Bryology Lab., Bot. Dept. & Res. Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil 629 003

S. Sreeji
Bryology Lab., Bot. Dept. & Res. Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil 629 003

Abstract

The mosses Chaetomitrium papillifolium, Entodon ovicarpus, E. scariosus, Glossadelphus bilobatus, Pseudobarbella ancistrodes, Sematophyllum micans and Taxithelium kerianum, earlier known to be distributed in the Himalaya, Northeast and/or the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, are recorded for the Western Ghats. They are described in detail and illustrated.

Keywords

Mosses, Additions, Western Ghats, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve.

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