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Diversity and distribution of microlichens in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya, India

Author(s) -

Pushpi Singh,

K. Singh,

Ajay Bhatt

Publication year - 2015

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/11.6.1807

Subject(s) - biodiversity , biodiversity hotspot , geography , biology , ecology , botany

The paper reports the occurrence of 404 species of microlichens belonging to 105 genera and 39 families known so far, from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, a part of the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot. Twelve species, namely Arthopyrenia saxicola , Arthothelium subbessale, Diorygma macgregorii , D. pachygraphum , Graphis nuda , G. oligospora , G. paraserpens , G. renschiana , Herpothallon japonicum , Megalospora atrorubricans , Porina tijucana and Rhabdodiscus crassus, are new distributional records for India. Astrothelium meghalayense (Makhija & Patw.) Pushpi Singh & Kr. P. Singh and Astrothelium subnitidiusculum (Makhija & Patw.) Pushpi Singh & Kr. P. Singh are proposed as new combinations and 66 species marked by an asterisk (*) are new distributional records for the state.

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