CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF INDIA

SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK IN THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

Authors

  • C. N. MANJU Malabar Botanical Garden, G.A. College PO, Calicut-673 014, Kerala, India; Department of Botany, Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, G.A. College PO, Calicut673 014, Kerala, India
  • V. K. RAJILESH Malabar Botanical Garden, G.A. College PO, Calicut-673 014, Kerala, India
  • B. PRAJITHA Malabar Botanical Garden, G.A. College PO, Calicut-673 014, Kerala, India
  • R. PRAKASHKUMAR Malabar Botanical Garden, G.A. College PO, Calicut-673 014, Kerala, India
  • K. P. RAJESH Department of Botany, Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, G.A. College PO, Calicut673 014, Kerala, India

Keywords:

Bryophytes, Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, India, Western Ghats

Abstract

The bryophyte flora of the Silent Valley National Park is catalogued. The catalogue consists of 148 taxa (109 mosses, 36 liverworts, 3 hornworts), of which nine species viz., Chrysocladium flammeum (Mitt.) M.Fleisch., Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Hornsch., Glossadelphus bilobatus (Dix.) Broth., Hypnum flaccens Besch., Notoscyphus paroicus Schiffn., Macromitrium turgidum Dix., Calyptothecium pinnatum Nog., Brotherella amblystegia (Mitt.) Broth. and Wijkia deflexifolia (Ren. & Card.) Crum. are newly reported for Peninsular India. Another four species viz., Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb., Radula obscura Mitt., Radula meyeri Steph. and Barbella turgida Nog. are new record of occurrence for Kerala State. Trichostelium stigmosum (Manju et al., 2012) and Aerobryopsis wallichii (Brid.) Fleisch. (Prajitha et al., in press), has been reported as new records for India from Silent Valley.

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Published

2016-01-01

Issue

Vol. 3 (2015): Acta Biologica Plantarum Agriensis

Section

Research paper

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