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Occurrence of rare, crustose lichen, Ophioparma ventosa (Ophioparmaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), from alpine regions of Arunachal Pradesh, India
Author(s) -
Khare Roshni,
Rai Himanshu,
Upreti Dalip Kumar,
Dubey Urvashi,
Gupta R. K.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.201000029
Subject(s) - lichen , crustose , ascomycota , geography , botany , biology , biochemistry , gene
Ophioparma ventosa (L.) Norman, belonging to family Ophioparmaceae, a rare lichen species has been recorded for the first time from north east alpine Himalaya, India after the gap of more than hundred years, when it was first recorded by Leighton from Sikkim in the year 1879. This saxicolous species is found growing together with other saxicolous lichens and mosses. This species was recorded previously from alpine regions of Eastern Nepal (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)