Studies on the Associates of Conocephalum conicum L. (Dumort.) and Dumortiera hirsuta Sw. (Nees)

Mudassar Iqbal, Fayaz Ahmad Butt, Anima Langer, Afroz Alam

.

DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2011.23031                

Abstract

Paper includes information on association of 46 populations of Conocephalum conicum L. (Dumort.) and 25 of Dumortiera hirsuta Sw. (Nees) with diverse organisms, including fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms and an insect.

Keywords

Liverworts, Association, Conocephalum conicum, Dumortiera hirsuta

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

[1]	S. C. Srivastava and A. Alam, “Frullania tamarisci (L.) Dum.―A New Phorophyte for Stigonema Cf. minutum (C.A.Agardh) Hassal,” Indian Journal of Forestry, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2005, pp. 429-432.
[2]	U. Gerson, “Bryophytes and Invertebrates,” In: A. J. E. Smith, Ed., Bryophyte Ecology, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982.
[3]	T. Fardos, “Studies on Intraspecific Variability in Reboulia hemispherica (L.) Raddi,” M. Phil. dissertation, University of Jammu, Jammu, 2003.
[4]	R. Kapoor, “Studies on the life history patterns of some species of Riccia (Mich.) L.,” MPhil Dissertation, University of Jammu, Jammu, 2009.
[5]	R. F. Cain and M. Fulford, “Contribution to the Hepaticae of Ontario,” The Bryologist, Vol. 16, 1948, pp. 184-186.
[6]	G. B. Pant, “Threatened Bryophytes of Nainital,” In: S. K. Jain and R. R. Rao, Eds., Assessment of Threatened Plants of India Botanical Survey of India, Department of Environment, Botanical Garden, Howrah, 1983, pp. 313-317.
[7]	R. M. Schuster, “Boreal Hepaticae—A Manual of the Liverworts of Minnesota and Adjacent Regions,” The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 49, No. 2, 1953, pp. 257-684. doi:10.2307/2422089
[8]	M. Tanwir, “Studies on the Diversity of Hepatic Flora of District Poonch (North-West Himalaya),” PhD Dissertation, University of Jammu, Jammu, 2005.
[9]	S. D. Tiwari and G. B. Pant, “Bryophytes of Kumaon Himalaya,” Bishen Singh Mahinder Pal Singh, Dehradun, 1994.