Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh 160014.
* Present address: Dept. of Seed Science & Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004.
Cytological investigations were made on six species of Fissidens from the Western Himalayas, i.e. F. biformis Mitt., n = 12; F. bryoides var. schimidii C. Muell., n = 12; F. rambii Gang., n =10; F. curvatoinvolutus Dix., n = 12; F. zippelianus Doz. et Molk., n = 12; and F. grandifrons Brid., n = 10.
Fissidens, meiosis, bivalents, somatic tetrad
