Usnea dasaea, a further new addition to the Lichen Flora of Tamil Nadu State, India

Authors

  • Murugan Mariraj Biomedical Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046, Tamil Nadu, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2864-0002
  • Rajendran Kalidoss Biomedical Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046, Tamil Nadu, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-216X
  • Kanivebagilu Shankaranarayana Vinayaka Plant Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, Vidyagiri, Bantwal – 574 211, Karnataka, India
  • Sanjeeva Nayaka Lichenology Laboratory, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow - 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Ponmurugan Ponnusamy Biomedical Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25081/cb.2020.v11.6168

Keywords:

Usnea dasaea, Kodaikanal hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Fruticose lichen

Abstract

The present study addresses the addition of one new fruticose lichen species for the first time to the state of Tamil Nadu in Western Ghats, India. Usnea dasaea Stirt. is a new occurrence in Tamil Nadu. Descriptions of identification keys and distributions of such new species in south India provide useful information for identification. The new species addition of such lichen was identified and deposited at lichen herbaria, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India and Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India for further studies.

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Published

05-09-2020

How to Cite

Mariraj, M., Kalidoss, R., Vinayaka, K. S., Nayaka, S., & Ponnusamy, P. (2020). Usnea dasaea, a further new addition to the Lichen Flora of Tamil Nadu State, India. Current Botany, 11, 138–141. https://doi.org/10.25081/cb.2020.v11.6168

Issue

Volume 11, 2020

Section

Regular Articles