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Study of Spore Ornamentation of Two Mosses from West Bengal and Sikkim


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1 Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731 235, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Botany, Hoogly Mahosin College, Chinsurah, West Bengal, India
 

Two moss species Trematodon longicollis Michx. and Bartramia ithyphylla Brid. have been studied with regard to morphology and spore exine ornamentation. Under SEM the exine of both T. longicollis and B. ithyphylla spores are characterized by verrucate ornamentation. On the basis of morphological characters and exine ornamentation, the taxonomic position of these two species is discussed.

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Bartramia, Trematodon, Moss, Spore-Ornamentation, Taxonomy.
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Authors

Shewli Bhattacharya
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731 235, West Bengal, India
Manojit Debnath
Department of Botany, Hoogly Mahosin College, Chinsurah, West Bengal, India
Samit Ray
Department of Botany, Hoogly Mahosin College, Chinsurah, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Two moss species Trematodon longicollis Michx. and Bartramia ithyphylla Brid. have been studied with regard to morphology and spore exine ornamentation. Under SEM the exine of both T. longicollis and B. ithyphylla spores are characterized by verrucate ornamentation. On the basis of morphological characters and exine ornamentation, the taxonomic position of these two species is discussed.

Keywords


Bartramia, Trematodon, Moss, Spore-Ornamentation, Taxonomy.

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