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Plant Science Today (PST)

Special Section: Bryophytes

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2015)

Species diversity of genus Riccia (Mich.) L. in Satara district (Maharashtra) India

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.160
Submitted
18 September 2015
Published
09-10-2015

Abstract

Satara district (Maharastra), part of central Western Ghats exhibits unique topographical and climatic conditions that support rich bryoflora. This paper describes species diversity of genus Riccia (Mich.) L. along with the distributional pattern in the studied area. Key to the existing species and description with field photographs are also provided.

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