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Volume 51, December 2009

Articles

Liverwort Diversity in Palni Hills (Tamil Nadu), India, - A Checklist

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v51/2009/58080

Published 2009-12-07

  • A. Alam
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  • S. C. Srivastava

A. Alam
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226 007

S. C. Srivastava
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226 007

Abstract

Current investigations show the occurrence of 75 taxa of liverworts in Kodaikanal and neighbouring areas. Each species has been enumerated along with the details of exsiccatae, ecology, range of distribution and status in the study area.

Keywords

Bryophyta, Distribution, Diversity, Kodai Kanal, Liverwort, Palni Hills.

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