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Issue: Vol. 756 No. 2: 14 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.756.2.9
Page range: 197-203
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A new species of Indopottia (Pottiaceae: Bryophyta) discovered from Western Himalaya, India

Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun-248195, Uttarakhand, India
Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun-248195, Uttarakhand, India
Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun-248195, Uttarakhand, India
Indopottia India Himalaya New species Bryophytes

Abstract

Indopottia himalayensis D.Shukla, Manchi & Sushil K.Singh, sp. nov.—a new species of the genus Indopottia, collected from Madhyamaheshwar, Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas, India, has been described and a detailed taxonomic description is presented in this article along with supporting figures. It is interesting to note that this genus is recorded here for the first time from the Indian Himalayan Region, earlier known from the Western Ghats of India and Thailand.

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How to Cite

Shukla, D., Jandial, M. & Singh, S.K. (2026) A new species of Indopottia (Pottiaceae: Bryophyta) discovered from Western Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa 756 (2): 197–203. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.756.2.9