Six species of Fissidens Hedw. (Fissidentaceae; Dicranales; Bryopsida), additions to Bryoflora of Andhra Pradesh

Ananthaneni Sreenath¹ , Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.1 , pp.11-16, Feb-2022

Online published on Feb 28, 2022

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Abstract :
Six species of Fissidens Hedw., viz., F. bilaspurense Gangulee, F. elongatus Mitt., F. laxitextus Broth. ex Gangulee, F. polysetulus Mull. Hall. ex Nork. & Gangulee and F. subpalmatus Mull. Hall. and Fissidens titalyanus Mull. Hall. are collected from different localities in Andhra Pradesh are being reported as new distributional records to the state, of which Fissidens bilaspurense Gangulee, F. elongatus Mitt., F. laxitextus Broth. ex Gangulee, are recorded first time from Southern Peninsular India, India.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Bryoflora of Andhra Pradesh, Fissidens of India

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