Research Article | Published: 22 June 2017

Notes on Scarcely Collected Indian Liverworts III. Plagiochila kurzii (Plagiochilaceae, Marchantiophyta)

Devendra Kumar Singh and Shuvadeep Majumdar

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 40 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 155-158 | 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-FG70H3 | Cite this article

Abstract

Plagiochila kurzii Steph. is known in Indian bryoflora from South Andaman and Katchall Islands in Andaman & Nicobar. The species, last collected from Indian territory towards the close of nineteenth century, is recently rediscovered in the country from South Andaman Island after a gap of over eleven decades.

Keywords

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Plagiochila kurzii, Rediscovery

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Fig. 1

Plagiochila kurzii Steph. 1. A portion of the plant in ventral view showing ventral leaf sac. 2. A portion of male plant in dorsal view. 3, 4. Transverse sections of the stem. 5–11. Leaves. 12. A marginal tooth of the leaf. 13–14. Apical leaf cells. 15. Median leaf cells. 16. Basal leaf cells. 17, 18. Tubular ventral sac of leaf. 19. An underleaf. 20–26. Male bracts. 27. An antheridium [All figures drawn by S. Majumdar from D.K. Singh 61624 (CAL)].

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Singh, D.K. and Majumdar, S., 2017. Notes on Scarcely Collected Indian Liverworts III. Plagiochila kurzii (Plagiochilaceae, Marchantiophyta). Indian Journal of Forestry, 40(2), pp.155-158. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-FG70H3

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Manuscript Published on 22 June 2017

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