The genus Drepanolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae; Marchantiophyta) in the Western Ghats with special reference to Kerala | Zendy

V. K. Chandini | Zendy; B. Mufeed | Zendy; C. N. Manju | Zendy; K. P. Rajesh | Zendy

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The genus Drepanolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae; Marchantiophyta) in the Western Ghats with special reference to Kerala

Author(s) -

V. K. Chandini,

B. Mufeed,

C. N. Manju,

K. P. Rajesh

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

plant science today

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204

H-Index - 6

ISSN - 2348-1900

DOI - 10.14719/pst.2020.7.3.789

Subject(s) - lejeuneaceae , marchantiophyta , genus , botany , biology , geography

Diversity of the genus Drepanolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. of the family Lejeuneaceae in Kerala is discussed in detail. So far, 8 species have been reported from the Western Ghats, of which 6 occur in Kerala. This paper provides detailed descriptions of 5 of the species collected from Kerala during the present survey. Among these, Drepanolejeunea erecta (Steph.) Mizut. is new to the Western Ghats, D. fleischeri (Steph.) Grolle & Zhu, D. pentadactyla (Mont.) Steph. and D. ternatensis (Gottsche) Steph. are new records for Kerala.

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