Abstract
The diversity and distribution along different ecological gradients of eighty six species of pteridophytes from the Satara district were studied. Amongst these species most common species were viz., Adiantum philippense, Aleuritopteris bicolor, Azolla pinnata subdp. asiatica, Marsilea minuta, Pityrogramma calomelanos, Pteridum revolutum, Pteris vittata, Selaginella ciliris and Tectaria coadunata.
Highlights
Pteridophytes are an ancient group of species, characterized as a significant plant group in biography as they are with a large number of relict and endemic taxa
Diversity and distribution of pteridophytes from northern Western Ghats were studied by Patil et al (2012)
The pteridophytes growing in this zone are as follows: Actiniopteris radiata (Sw.) Link., Adiantum capillus-veneris L., A. caudatum L., A. incisum Forssk., A. philippense L., Aleuritopteris albomarginata (C.B.Clarke) Ching., A. anceps Blanf., A. bicolor (Roxb.) Fraser-Jenk., Asplenium yoshinagae Makino, Athyrium hohenackerianum (Kunze) T
Summary
Pteridophytes are an ancient group of species, characterized as a significant plant group in biography as they are with a large number of relict and endemic taxa. They provide us a lot of information about the evolution of plants, their components and on evolutionary aspects of biogeography (Tryon and Tryon, 1982). The diversity and distribution of pteridophytes from different biogeographical regions of India had been carried out by various pteridologists, viz., Punetha (1989), Bir et al (1991), Joshi et al (1999), Chaudhary and Dulawat (2006), Joshi and Pande (2006). There is no such report on the diversity and distributional studies of Pteridophytes from Satara district (Maharashtra). The maximum diversity was observed at the high altitude zone, high rainfall zone, high atmospheric humidity and low temperature zone
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