Abstract
Paper includes information on population status of Conocephalum conicum collected from diverse habitats in Bhader-wah (J & K state). Taxon exhibits tremendous diversity in morphoanatomical details of various gametophytic charac-ters. Isozyme analysis was performed to find out whether variability in the taxon is only environmental or has genetic basis as well.
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Bryophytes constitute one of the largest groups of land plants among the plant kingdom
Paper includes information on population status of Conocephalum conicum collected from diverse habitats in Bhaderwah (J & K state)
Present communication deals with our observations on population status of Conocephalum conicum collected from Bhaderwah in Jammu region, one of the areas of the North-west Himalaya which used to host rich bryo-diversity in the yesteryears, because of the undisturbed, stable habitats due to the inaccessibility of the area
Summary
Bryophytes constitute one of the largest groups of land plants among the plant kingdom. Paper includes information on population status of Conocephalum conicum collected from diverse habitats in Bhaderwah (J & K state). On basis of an observations [3] on occurrence of several hepatics in Western Himalaya (Nainital) over the years, 9 threatened taxa [Athalamia pinguis, Dumortiera hirsuta, Cryptomitrium himalayensis, Reboulia hemispherica, Stephensoniella brevipedunculata, Weisnerella denudata, Fossombronia himalayensis, Sewardiella tuberifera and Conocephalum conicum] which were had observed to grow luxuriantly in the yesteryears, but had disappeared or undergone extreme reduction in population size, from the area.
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