A study on some taxa of family Mniaceae (Bryophyta) in Darjeeling (West Bengal), India

Ichha Omar; Vinay Sahu; Ashish Kumar Asthana

doi:10.14719/pst.2020.7.2.647

A study on some taxa of family Mniaceae (Bryophyta) in Darjeeling (West Bengal), India

Authors

Ichha Omar Bryology Laboratory, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
Vinay Sahu Bryology Laboratory, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
Ashish Kumar Asthana Bryology Laboratory, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2020.7.2.647

Keywords:

Mniaceae, Darjeeling, Mnium, Plagiomnium, Orthomnion

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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01-04-2020

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Omar I, Sahu V, Asthana AK. A study on some taxa of family Mniaceae (Bryophyta) in Darjeeling (West Bengal), India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];7(2):193-200. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/647

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)

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