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Terricolous Lichens of India: Taxonomic Keys and Description

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Terricolous Lichens in India

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Taxonomic description of 312 species of terricolous lichens of India, under 79 genera and 28 families, is provided. Generic and species diagnostic keys, taxonomic descriptions (enumerating morpho-anatomical features and chemistry), illustrations, distribution maps of the species are provided with data on their habitat, ecology and worldwide distribution. The study elucidated seven species as new records for India.

Teuvo Ahti has contributed only for genus Cladonia

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    The status of Indian material is not clear and molecular comparison of European and Indian samples is being considered to ascertain the heterogenity. Meanwhile, the Indian material must be considered as Cladonia verticillata sensu lato (Personal communications with T. Ahti 2013).

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  1. Lichenology Laboratory, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, 226001, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Himanshu Rai, Roshni Khare & Dalip Kumar Upreti

  2. Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 47, 00140, Helsinki, Finland

    Teuvo Ahti

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    Himanshu Rai

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    Dalip K. Upreti

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Rai, H., Khare, R., Upreti, D., Ahti, T. (2014). Terricolous Lichens of India: Taxonomic Keys and Description. In: Rai, H., Upreti, D. (eds) Terricolous Lichens in India. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0360-3_2

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