Volume 26, Issue 78, July - December, 2025

Bryum cellulare Hook. (Bryophyta; Bryaceae) – A New Distributional Record from West Bengal Bryoflora, India

Sk. Rasidul Islam¹, Sk Md Abu Imam Saadi², Amal Kumar Mondal^1♦

¹Plant Taxonomy, Biosystematics and Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany & Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721102, West Bengal, India
²Molecular Plant Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Aliah University, IIA/27, New Town, Kolkata, 700160, West Bengal, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Amal Kumar Mondal, Plant Taxonomy, Biosystematics and Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany & Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721102, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

Bryum cellulare Hook. is reported for the first time from Purulia district of West Bengal. Previously, it was known only from Gujarat, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. A brief illustrated taxonomic account and ultrastructure of peristome teeth with spores is provided for easy identification.

Keywords: New record, Bryum, Peristome, SEM, Spore, West Bengal

Species, 2026, 27(79), e7s3259

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Published: 03 April 2026