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Plant Science Today (PST)

Special Section: Bryophytes

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2015)

The state of Scapania ligulata Steph. (Scapaniaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Western Himalaya, India

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.141
Submitted
14 August 2015
Published
12-10-2015

Abstract

The two subspecies of the leafy liverwort, Scapania ligulata Steph., namely, subsp. ligulata and subsp. stephanii (Mull Frib.) Potemkin, Piippo & T.J. Kop., collected from the Kumaun and adjacent region in Western Himalaya, India are being described and compared. The report of the presence of the subspecies stephanii in this region confirms the fact that the ligulata-stephanii species complex having both subspecies migrated to Himalaya. The paper provides some additional distinctive features between the two subspecies.

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