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Cladonia singhii and other new reports of Cladonia from the Eastern Himalayan Region of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Teuvo Ahti
Affiliation:
T. Ahti: Department of Ecology & Systematics, P.O. Box 47, FIN-00014 Helsinki University, Finland.
P. K. Dixit
Affiliation:
P. K. Dixit and G. P. Sinha: Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Circle, Shillong 793 003, Meghalaya, India.
K. P. Singh
Affiliation:
K. P. Singh: Botanical Survey of India, Central Circle, 10 Chatham Lines, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
G. P. Sinha
Affiliation:
P. K. Dixit and G. P. Sinha: Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Circle, Shillong 793 003, Meghalaya, India.

Abstract

A new species, Cladonia singhii Ahti & Dixit (type from the state of Arunachal Pradesh), is described. A further seven Cladonia species, C. corniculata, C. kanewskii, C. laii, C. luteoalba, C. mauritiana, C. mongolica and C. rei, are reported as new to the recent checklist of lichens of the Indian subcontinent. The presence of C. cartilaginea in India is confirmed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2002

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