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Diversity in Mosses of Pithoragarh and its Neighbouring Areas, Western Himalaya, India


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1 Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
     

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Present study provides an account of 72 taxa of mosses belonging to 24 families. During the study five mosses Fissidens polysetulus C. Muell. ex Gangulee & Norkett, Ectropothecium kerstanii Dix. & Herz., Isopterygium serrulatum Fleisch., Weissia edentula Mitt., Rhachithecium perpusillum (Thwait & Mitt.) Broth. are new to western Himalaya, while 10 mosses are new to Kumaon Himalaya.

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Mosses, Taxa, Western Himalaya.
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Vinay Sahu
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
India

A. K. Asthana
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
India


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Authors

Vinay Sahu
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
A. K. Asthana
Bryology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

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Present study provides an account of 72 taxa of mosses belonging to 24 families. During the study five mosses Fissidens polysetulus C. Muell. ex Gangulee & Norkett, Ectropothecium kerstanii Dix. & Herz., Isopterygium serrulatum Fleisch., Weissia edentula Mitt., Rhachithecium perpusillum (Thwait & Mitt.) Broth. are new to western Himalaya, while 10 mosses are new to Kumaon Himalaya.

Keywords


Mosses, Taxa, Western Himalaya.