Abstract
An updated account of 79 taxa of mosses of Gangetic plains, representing 40 genera and 19 families, is provided. The family Pottiaceae with 17 taxa belonging to 9 genera appears most dominant and diversified family in the area while at generic level, the genus Fissidens (Fissidentaceae) with 19 species shows maximum diversity, followed by Hyophila and Physcomitrium each with five species.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 23(2): 97-106, 2016 (December)
Highlights
In our earlier publications, boundaries of ‘Central Indian bryo-geographical zone’ and ‘Panjab and Rajasthan plains bryo-geographic zone’ were proposed along with a checklist of mosses in these areas (Alam et al, 2015; Rawat et al, 2015)
The extant of ‘Gangetic Plains bryo-geographic zone’ described in present work is broadly followed Erenstein et al (2007), some modifications are made on account of the unique geo-climatic conditions meet in the region
Purulia district of west Bengal, consisting of easternmost segments of Chhota nagpur plateau is treated under Central Indian bryo-geographical zone (Alam et al, 2015)
Summary
Boundaries of ‘Central Indian bryo-geographical zone’ and ‘Panjab and Rajasthan plains bryo-geographic zone’ were proposed along with a checklist of mosses in these areas (Alam et al, 2015; Rawat et al, 2015). In present paper the boundaries of ‘Gangetic plains bryo-geographic zone’ is redefined for ease in distributional analysis, and provided updated checklist of mosses recorded from here
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