Diversity in Mosses of Pithoragarh and its Neighbouring Areas, Western Himalaya, India
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2015/v141i11/84363Keywords:
Mosses, Taxa, Western Himalaya.Abstract
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.References
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