Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India

This article reports the occurrence of the leafy liverwort Jungermannia gollanii Steph. from the Sohelwa forest in Sravasthi District located in Terai region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The plants are found growing at low altitude. The species is characterized with creeping, simple plants...

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Main Authors: Nupur Bhowmik, Shachi Sinha
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Language:English
Published: National Taiwan University 2016-06-01
Series:Taiwania
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Online Access:http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1452
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spelling doaj-8c507ba3f61a4cea9f543b4de769b7f92020-11-25T00:25:42ZengNational Taiwan UniversityTaiwania0372-333X2016-06-0161216517110.6165/tai.2016.61.165Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), IndiaNupur Bhowmik0Shachi Sinha1Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211002. U. P., IndiaDepartment of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211002. U. P., IndiaThis article reports the occurrence of the leafy liverwort Jungermannia gollanii Steph. from the Sohelwa forest in Sravasthi District located in Terai region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The plants are found growing at low altitude. The species is characterized with creeping, simple plants bearing rhizoids arising ventrally all along stem, succubous and dorsally secund leaves, a non-beaked, long exerted, plicate perianth with contracted mouth and a lacking perigynium. The plants of this new locality have been retained under subgenus Luridae (Spruce) Amak. of genus Jungermannia L.http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1452IndiaJungermannia gollaniiLiverwortsPerianthSecundSravasthi
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Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India
Taiwania
India
Jungermannia gollanii
Liverworts
Perianth
Secund
Sravasthi
author_facet Nupur Bhowmik
Shachi Sinha
author_sort Nupur Bhowmik
title Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India
title_short Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India
title_full Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India
title_fullStr Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India
title_full_unstemmed Jungermannia gollanii Steph. (Jungermanniaceae, Marchantiophyta) - A new report from Terai region in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India
title_sort jungermannia gollanii steph. (jungermanniaceae, marchantiophyta) - a new report from terai region in uttar pradesh (u.p.), india
publisher National Taiwan University
series Taiwania
issn 0372-333X
publishDate 2016-06-01
description This article reports the occurrence of the leafy liverwort Jungermannia gollanii Steph. from the Sohelwa forest in Sravasthi District located in Terai region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The plants are found growing at low altitude. The species is characterized with creeping, simple plants bearing rhizoids arising ventrally all along stem, succubous and dorsally secund leaves, a non-beaked, long exerted, plicate perianth with contracted mouth and a lacking perigynium. The plants of this new locality have been retained under subgenus Luridae (Spruce) Amak. of genus Jungermannia L.
topic India
Jungermannia gollanii
Liverworts
Perianth
Secund
Sravasthi
url http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1452
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