Indian Journal of Scientific Research
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Revision of the lichen genus buellia de not. (Family physciaceae) from India

P.G. Department of Botany, Sri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India

Online published on 6 September, 2019.

Abstract

The paper reports seventeen species of the lichen genus Buellia De Not., from India along with a key for identification of different Indian species. Out of these, nine species, Buellia aggredians (Stirt.) Zahlbr., B. betulinoides Schubert & Klement, B. inornata (Stirt.) Zahlbr., B. lauricassiae (Fee) Mull. Arg., Muller, B. manipurensis Singh and Singh, B. meghalayensis S. Singh and D. D. Awasthi, B. morehensis Singh and Singh, B. montana Magn., and B. palniensis S. Singh and D. D. Awasthi are reported as endemic species for Indian lichen flora.

Keywords

Buellia, Lichen, Key, Endemic species and Distribution