MORPHO-TAXONOMIC STUDY ON SOME CORTICOLOUS MOSSES OF LONGKHUM RESERVE FOREST, MOKOKCHUNG DISTRICT, NAGALAND
S.K. CHATURVED *
Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami - 798627
VAPHUNO SALE *
Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami - 798627
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Morpho-taxonomic characters of five species of moss taxa, viz., Dicranum lorifolium Mitt., Ptychomitrium indicum (Schrad.) Jaeg., Trachypodopsis serrulata (P. Beauv.) Fleisch., Homaliodendron montagneanum (C. Muell.) Fleisch., Cyathophorella adiantum (Griff.) Fleisch., collected from Longkhum Reserve Forest, Mokokchung District, Nagaland have been described for the first time. Ptychomitrium indicum (Schrad.) Jaeg., is a new record for North-east India, whereas, the other four taxa, viz., Dicranum lorifolium Mitt., Trachypodopsis serrulata (P. Beauv.) Fleisch., Homaliodendron montagneanum (C. Muell.) Fleisch., Cyathophorella adiantum (Griff.) Fleisch., are new records for the Nagaland State.
Keywords: Morpho-taxonomy, Mosses,, Longkhum reserve forest, Mokokchung, Nagaland.