@Article{taiwania20135817, AUTHOR = {Praveen Kumar Verma and K. K. Rawat}, TITLE = {Lejeunea srivastavae sp. nov. (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae), from Nilgiri hills of Western Ghats (India)}, JOURNAL = {Taiwania}, VOLUME = {58}, YEAR = {2013}, ISSUE = {1}, PAGES = {7-11}, URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1220}, ABSTRACT = {A new species of Lejeunea, L. srivastavae, is described and illustrated as new to science from central part of Nilgiri Mountains of Western Ghats, a global biodiversity Hotspot, India. The species is characterized by large plants size, pale greenish to yellowish green colour, imbricate leaves with large leaf-lobule, contiguous – distant underleaves, 4–5 times as wide as stem and single gynoecial innovation. Details of its morpho-taxonomy, distribution and affinities are provided along with a key to the genus Lejuenea species in Nilgiri hills to distinguish it with other known species of the area.}, DOI = {10.6165/tai.2013.58.7} }