Nine species of Pleurocarpous Mosses, additions to Bryoflora of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Ananthaneni Sreenath and Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao*
Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu -515003, Andhra Pradesh.
*E-mail: biodiversityravi@gmail.com
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Abstract |
Received: 14-08-2020, |
Nine species of pleurocarpous mosses viz., Macromitrium moorcroftii (Hook. & Grev.) Schwägr, Macromitrium sulcatum (Hook.) Bird. (Orthotrichaceae); Racopilum orthocarpum Wilson ex Mitt. (Racopilaceae), Pterobryopsis flexipes (Mitt.) M. Fleisch. (Pteropbryaceae), Meteoriopsis ancistrodes (Renauld & Cardot) Broth., Meteoriopsis squarrosa (Hook.) M.Fleisch. (Meteoriaceae); Stereophyllum confusum Ther. (Stereophyllaceae), Ectropothecium buitenzorgii (Bél.) Mitt. and Ectropothecium manii Broth. (Hypnaceae) are collected from different districts and various forests in Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, are being new distributional records to Andhra Pradesh. |
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Keywords: Nine species, Pleurocarpous mosses, New Records, Andhra Pradesh. |
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Ananthaneni Sreenath and Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao, 2020. Nine species of Pleurocarpous Mosses, additions to Bryoflora of Andhra Pradesh, India. Bioscience Discovery, 11(4):199-207.
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