Based on a recent collection from Pithoragarh district, the present communication confirms the occurrence of a Cheilanthoid fern, Oeosporangium tenuifolium (Burm. f.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar in Uttarakhand State in the western Himalaya in India.
Cheilanthoid fern, Lip fern, Oeosporangium, Pithoragarh, Palaeotropical,Western Himalaya
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Kholia, B.S., Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., Punetha, N. and Singh, S.K., 2020. On the occurrence of Oeosporangium tenuifolium (Burm. f.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar in the Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India . Indian Journal of Forestry, 43(2), pp.173-175. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2021-60G08S
Manuscript Received on 05 October 2020
Manuscript Revised on 17 November 2020
Manuscript Accepted on 20 November 2020
Manuscript Published on 07 January 2021
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