Plagiochila javanica (Sw.) Nees & Mont. (Marchantiophyta: Plagiochilaceae) rediscovered from the Western Ghats after 180 years

Authors

  • M.S. Sajitha Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, Malappuram District, Kerala 679635, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2084-3403
  • C.N. Manju Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, Malappuram District, Kerala 679635, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-5992
  • B. Mufeed Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, Malappuram District, Kerala 679635, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0922-2753
  • K.P. Rajesh Department of Botany, the Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College (affiliated to the University of Calicut), GA College PO, Kozhikode, Kerala 673014, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1967-5174
  • K.K. Rawat Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-9497

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8853.16.2.24807-24811

Keywords:

900 kandi, India, Kerala, liverwort, new record, Wayanad district

Abstract

Plagiochila javanica, a widespread Asiatic member of the liverwort family Plagiochilaceae, is rediscovered from Western Ghats of Kerala, India after about 180 years of its first record from the country. The present discovery is a new record for Kerala state. A detailed description along with illustrations and images of the species are provided.

Author Biographies

M.S. Sajitha, Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, Malappuram District, Kerala 679635, India.

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C.N. Manju, Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, Malappuram District, Kerala 679635, India.

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B. Mufeed, Bryology Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, Malappuram District, Kerala 679635, India.

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K.P. Rajesh, Department of Botany, the Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College (affiliated to the University of Calicut), GA College PO, Kozhikode, Kerala 673014, India.

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K.K. Rawat, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India.

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26-02-2024

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2024)

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