Research Article | Published: 01 September 2014

Rediscovery of Ophioglossum Pendulum L. from Eastern Himalaya with a note on Historical Background and new distribution record to Sikkim

Bhupendra Singh Kholia and Christopher Roy Fraser-Jenkins

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 37 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 347-354 | 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-46LCS0 | Cite this article

Abstract

Ophioglossum pendulum a rare and critically endangered fern of India is recollected after a gap of nearly 125 years from northern India. Previous reports from N.E. India have sometimes been doubted there. But we conclude that such reports were correct and now report the species anew from Sikkim, in addition to the previous reports from Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Present collection from Sikkim is significant which is a new record for state and considerable westward extension of its known range. Based on literature trawl and extensive herbarium studies in India and abroad, in present communication, a brief history on its various Indian collections is heighlighted here along with the taxonomic account, rarity, distribution and key characters assisting for its easy identification.

Keywords

Rare, Endangered, Fern, Taxonomic account, Terrestrial species, Conservation, East-Indo Himalaya

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Kholia, B.S. and Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., 2014. Rediscovery of Ophioglossum Pendulum L. from Eastern Himalaya with a note on Historical Background and new distribution record to Sikkim. Indian Journal of Forestry, 37(3), pp.347-354. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-46LCS0

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