Dinckleria singularis (Marchantiophyta: Plagiochilaceae)—An Addition to the Indian Liverwort Flora from Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

Dinckleria singularis (Schiffn.) M. A. M. Renner, Schäf.-Verw. & Heinrichs, a species so far known from Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan, Australia, and Vanuatu, is added to the Indian liverwort flora from Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalaya. This also constitutes the first Indian record of the genus Dinckleria Trevis., which differs from other genera of the family Plagiochilaceae in the presence of papillae on the leaf-cell surfaces. A detailed description of Dinckleria singularis is provided, and an illustration based on the Indian plants.