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Issue: Vol. 662 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.662.1.9
Page range: 109-114
Abstract views: 86
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Riccia junghuhniana, (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta) a new record for India from the state of Tamil Nadu

Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women (Autonomous). Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, South India. 637 205
Australian National Herbarium. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (a joint venture between Parks Australia and CSIRO), GPO Box 1700, Canberra. ACT. 2601
Dharmapuri Harur Riccia fluitans bryophytes subgenus Ricciella Bryophytes

Abstract

Riccia junghuhniana is reported for the first time on the sub-continent of India. A morphological description including images of the gametophyte and micrographs of spores of the Tamil Nadu plants of Riccia junghuhniana are provided to facilitate identification.

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