Bryophyte diversity of Thamarassery pass (Wayanad pass) in the Western Ghats of Kerala

Mithun Venugopal; Manju C Nair

doi:10.14719/pst.2017.4.1.273

Bryophyte diversity of Thamarassery pass (Wayanad pass) in the Western Ghats of Kerala

Authors

Mithun Venugopal Department of Botany, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India (affiliated to the University of Calicut)
Manju C Nair Department of Botany, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-5992

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2017.4.1.273

Keywords:

Bryophytes, distribution, Thamarassery pass, Western Ghats

Abstract

The bryophyte diversity in the Thamarassery pass (Wayanad pass) a historically important place of Kozhikode district is documented. This report represents many interesting finds such as Taxiphyllum giraldii (C.Muell.) M.Fleisch., Taxithelium laeviusculum Dixon are new records for Peninsular India.

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01-01-2017

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Venugopal M, Nair MC. Bryophyte diversity of Thamarassery pass (Wayanad pass) in the Western Ghats of Kerala. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2017 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];4(1):41-8. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/273

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017)

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