Research communications
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)
A study on some taxa of family Mniaceae (Bryophyta) in Darjeeling (West Bengal), India
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
Abstract
During study on the family Mniaceae in Darjeeling and its neighbouring areas, three genera and six species (Mnium lycopodioides, Orthomnion bryoides, Plagiomnium acutum, P. confertidens, P. rhynchophorum and P. succulentum) have been identified. Of these Plagiomnium acutum is reported here for the first time from eastern Himalaya. A detailed morpho-taxonomic account of these species with their current status and a key to all the taxa of family Mniaceae in Darjeeling is provided here.
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