Genus Ophioglossum L., from Western Part of India with Special Reference to Gujarat State

Authors

  • Ronak N. KACHHIYAPATEL The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Vadodara - 390002 (IN)
  • Sachin M. PATIL The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Vadodara - 390002 (IN)
  • Suresh K. PATEL Government Science College Idar, Department of Botany, Dist. Banaskantha, Gujarat (IN)
  • Kishore S. RAJPUT The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Vadodara - 390002 (IN)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb10310243

Keywords:

eusporangiate; Gujarat state; Jambughoda wildlife sanctuary; pteridophytes

Abstract

The genus Ophioglossum L. is revised for the Gujarat state and there were reported eight species viz. Ophioglossum costatum R. Br., O. gramineum Willd., O. gujaratense SM Patil, RN Kachhiyapatel, R Patel and KS Rajput, O. lusitanicum L., O. reticulatum L., O. parvifolium Grev. & Hook., O. nudicaule L. f. and O. thermale Kom., from different parts of the state. Amongst these, Ophioglossum thermale Kom. and O. lusitanicum L. were collected for the first time from Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary and this result is documented as a new distributional record for Gujarat state.

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2018-09-27

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KACHHIYAPATEL, R. N., PATIL, S. M., PATEL, S. K., & RAJPUT, K. S. (2018). Genus Ophioglossum L., from Western Part of India with Special Reference to Gujarat State. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 10(3), 373–378. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb10310243

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb10310243