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Anthoceros subtilis Steph: A Rare Disjunct Species, New to North East India from Brahmaputra Valley

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A rare bryophyte, Anthoceros subtilis Steph., earlier reported in India only from Western Ghats, (Karnataka and Maharashtra), Gujarat, Rajasthan and elsewhere in world from China, Thailand and Vietnam, has been discovered from southern Brahmaputra flood plains of Assam.

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  1. Shifting Cultivation Division, Rain Forest Research Institute, Deovan, Sotai Ali, Post Box 136, Jorhat, 785 001, Assam, India

    Praveen Kumar Verma & Ranjeet Kumar

  2. CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Krishna Kumar Rawat

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Verma, P.K., Rawat, K.K. & Kumar, R. Anthoceros subtilis Steph: A Rare Disjunct Species, New to North East India from Brahmaputra Valley. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 84, 811–813 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-013-0289-0

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