Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

The supportive results of the present study on survey of lichens facilitated the identification of the new additions. This is the pioneer attempt to identify new lichen flora occurrence in Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Based on the morphological, chemical tests and matching identificati...

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Autores principales: Murugan Mariraj, Muthu Shenbagam, Rajendran Kalidoss, Ponnusamy Ponmurugan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:925ff4e778dc4e91bfdb885a8132363f2021-12-04T04:36:13ZRamalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India2666-719310.1016/j.tfp.2021.100140https://doaj.org/article/925ff4e778dc4e91bfdb885a8132363f2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666719321000790https://doaj.org/toc/2666-7193The supportive results of the present study on survey of lichens facilitated the identification of the new additions. This is the pioneer attempt to identify new lichen flora occurrence in Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Based on the morphological, chemical tests and matching identification keys, it is concluded that the specimen Ramalina obtusata (Arnold) Bitter is a new record documented in Tamil Nadu. The present study facilitates the identification of such species and suggests the most common lichen species in the study area. A voucher specimen (BU/LH/2020-367) of Ramalina obtusata (Arnold) Bitter is preserved in Bharathiar University lichen herbaria, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India for further studies to investigate their biological activities.Murugan MarirajMuthu ShenbagamRajendran KalidossPonnusamy PonmuruganElsevierarticleRamalina obtusataNew recordSouthern Western GhatsLichen herbariaIdentification keyForestrySD1-669.5Plant ecologyQK900-989ENTrees, Forests and People, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 100140- (2021)
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topic Ramalina obtusata
New record
Southern Western Ghats
Lichen herbaria
Identification key
Forestry
SD1-669.5
Plant ecology
QK900-989
spellingShingle Ramalina obtusata
New record
Southern Western Ghats
Lichen herbaria
Identification key
Forestry
SD1-669.5
Plant ecology
QK900-989
Murugan Mariraj
Muthu Shenbagam
Rajendran Kalidoss
Ponnusamy Ponmurugan
Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
description The supportive results of the present study on survey of lichens facilitated the identification of the new additions. This is the pioneer attempt to identify new lichen flora occurrence in Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Based on the morphological, chemical tests and matching identification keys, it is concluded that the specimen Ramalina obtusata (Arnold) Bitter is a new record documented in Tamil Nadu. The present study facilitates the identification of such species and suggests the most common lichen species in the study area. A voucher specimen (BU/LH/2020-367) of Ramalina obtusata (Arnold) Bitter is preserved in Bharathiar University lichen herbaria, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India for further studies to investigate their biological activities.
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author Murugan Mariraj
Muthu Shenbagam
Rajendran Kalidoss
Ponnusamy Ponmurugan
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Muthu Shenbagam
Rajendran Kalidoss
Ponnusamy Ponmurugan
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title Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_short Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_full Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_fullStr Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_full_unstemmed Ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to Southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
title_sort ramalina obtusata, a new lichen flora addition to southern western ghats, tamil nadu, india
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
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