Taxonomic Studies of Bryophytes In Madhya Pradesh- A Review

Author(s): S.K.Mahajan* , Shakun Mishra1 and Pooja Mahajan

Abstract: The present paper deals with the survey of research work done on various aspects of bryophytes in Madhya Pradesh state. The study revealed that very little work has been done on bryophytes in this state and only 83 taxa have been reported as compared to 2523 freshwater taxa from India and 16236 species in the world (Chapman, 2009 and Singh & Dash, 2014). Out of the total 83 species belonging to 56 genera and 32 families reported from M.P., 33species belong to liverworts, 7 species to hornworts and 43 species to mosses. The ratio of genera to species is 1.48 which is slightly low as compared to 1,51 in India. This lends support to the generalization that smaller the flora, the genus-species ratio should decline within the same floral region. Fissidontaceae (8sp.), Hypnaceae (7 sp.), Rebouliaceae (5 sp.) and Marchantiaceae (5 sp.) are the dominant families with 5 more taxa in surveyed districts of Madhya Pradesh. As regards bryophytic studies in M.P. so far it has been done only in 11 districts out of 52 districts. i.e., Anuppur, Barwani, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Khargone, Mandla, Rajnandgaon, Sagar and Ujjain. The study suggests that there is still much necessity of doing further research work in bryophytes of other districts of this state.

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