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Issue: Vol. 50 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/bde.50.1.12
Page range: 88-91
Abstract views: 14
PDF downloaded: 6

Discovery of new locations of the critically endangered Bazzania bhutanica (Lepidoziaceae, Marchantiophyta) in Bhutan

Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary, Department of Forests and Park Services, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
Samtse Forest Division, Department of Forests and Park Services, Samtse, Bhutan
Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary, Department of Forests and Park Services, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
Bryophytes Bazzania conservation leafy liverworts

Abstract

Bazzania bhutanica, a critically endangered species previously known from only two localities in Bhutan and one locality in India, has now been discovered in another two localities west to Samtse, Bhutan.

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