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Plant Science Today (PST)

Special Section: New Frontiers in Cryptogamic Botany

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016)

Checklist of Lithophytic Mosses of Kaghan Valley, Mansehra-Pakistan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2016.3.2.213
Submitted
16 March 2016
Published
21-06-2016

Abstract

The present work is a preliminary compilation mostly based on the available literature and extensive recent field trips. Overall 46 lithophytic moss species have been reported in Kaghan valley, Mansehra-Pakistan. These species are distributed under 16 families and 28 genera. This study is very much significant regarding the diversity of mosses in the study area that proof the considerable, potential of the ambient environment for the luxurious growth of bryophytes. 

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