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Udaria-A New Liverwort Genus of Lophocoleaceae from Eastern Himalaya, India


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata 700 064, India
2 Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711 103, India
 

A new genus and species of liverwort, Udaria lamellicaulis gen. & sp. nov., referable to the family Lophocoleaceae is described from Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in Eastern Himalaya, India. The new taxon can be easily differentiated from hitherto all the known genera of the family in the presence of longitudinal, 1-12 cells high seriately arranged lamelliform strips on the surface of stem, leaves and female bracts, striolate-rugulose leaf cuticle, rhizoids arising from the lamina of underleaves, gynoecia with 1-2 subfloral innovations and gemmiparous female bracts and bracteoles.

Keywords

Bryophytes, Eastern Himalaya, Liverwort, Marchantiophyta, New Genus and Species, Udaria lamellicaulis.
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  • Udaria-A New Liverwort Genus of Lophocoleaceae from Eastern Himalaya, India

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Authors

D. K. Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata 700 064, India
Shuvadeep Majumdar
Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711 103, India
Devendra Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711 103, India

Abstract


A new genus and species of liverwort, Udaria lamellicaulis gen. & sp. nov., referable to the family Lophocoleaceae is described from Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in Eastern Himalaya, India. The new taxon can be easily differentiated from hitherto all the known genera of the family in the presence of longitudinal, 1-12 cells high seriately arranged lamelliform strips on the surface of stem, leaves and female bracts, striolate-rugulose leaf cuticle, rhizoids arising from the lamina of underleaves, gynoecia with 1-2 subfloral innovations and gemmiparous female bracts and bracteoles.

Keywords


Bryophytes, Eastern Himalaya, Liverwort, Marchantiophyta, New Genus and Species, Udaria lamellicaulis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi8%2F1536-1542