The state of Scapania ligulata Steph. (Scapaniaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Western Himalaya, India

Meena Rai; Bishwajit K Kushwaha; Surendra N Srivastava

doi:10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.141

The state of Scapania ligulata Steph. (Scapaniaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Western Himalaya, India

Authors

Meena Rai Department of Botany, C.M.P. College, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh
Bishwajit K Kushwaha
Surendra N Srivastava

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.141

Keywords:

Scapania, Leafy liverwort, Kumaun, Western Himalaya, ligulata-stephanii complex

Abstract

The two subspecies of the leafy liverwort, Scapania ligulata Steph., namely, subsp. ligulata and subsp. stephanii (Mull Frib.) Potemkin, Piippo & T.J. Kop., collected from the Kumaun and adjacent region in Western Himalaya, India are being described and compared. The report of the presence of the subspecies stephanii in this region confirms the fact that the ligulata-stephanii species complex having both subspecies migrated to Himalaya. The paper provides some additional distinctive features between the two subspecies.

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Meena Rai, Department of Botany, C.M.P. College, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh

Department of Botany, C.M.P. College, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh

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12-10-2015

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Rai M, Kushwaha BK, Srivastava SN. The state of Scapania ligulata Steph. (Scapaniaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Western Himalaya, India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 12 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];2(4):197-202. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/141

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2015)

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Special Section: Bryophytes

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