A NEW VARIETY OF CYCLOSORUS GRIFFITHII FROM MEGHALAYA, INDIA
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR *
UGC Centre for Advance Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan- 713104, India
RADHANATH MUKHOPADHYAY *
UGC Centre for Advance Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan- 713104, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Detailed morphological study of a specimen of Cyclosorus griffithii (Moore) C. M. Kuo from CAL, revealed some unreported features. Due to the presence of some variations in micromorphological features, like multicellular paraphyses in sori and unicellular tubular hairs on sporangia, this specimen of CAL collected from Meghalaya, India is being considered as Cyclosorus griffithii (Moore) C. M. Kuo war. meghalayensis J. Mazumdar and R. Mukhopadhyay variety novum.
Keywords: Thelypteridaceae, Cyclosorus, new variety, Meghalaya.