Recent additions and taxonomic changes in the liverwort and hornwort flora of India

Authors

  • Shuvadeep Majumdar Department of Botany, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal 700006, India.
  • Monalisa Dey Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre, Gangtok, Sikkim 737103, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9670.17.9.27544-27547

Keywords:

Anthocerotophyta, bryoflora, checklist, Marchantiophyta, synonym, taxon, taxonomic status

Abstract

Recent addition of several taxa of liverworts and hornworts in Indian bryoflora and re-evaluation of taxonomic status of few others has resulted in its total count of 986 species and infraspecific taxa in the country.

Author Biographies

  • Shuvadeep Majumdar, Department of Botany, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal 700006, India.

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  • Monalisa Dey, Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre, Gangtok, Sikkim 737103, India.

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