Contribution to the Liverworts of Gobind National Park, Uttaranchal, India

The paper presents the result of a morphotaxonomic study on the liverworts of Gobind National Park in North-west Himalaya. A total of nine species, viz. Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dum. (Plagiochilaceae), Porella campylophylla var. ligulifera (Tayl.) Hatt. (Porellaceae), Porella hattorii Udar & Shaheen (Porellaceae), Pellia endivaefolia (Dicks.) Dum. (Pelliaceae), Metzgeria hamata Lindenb. (Metzgeriaceae), Targionia indica Udar & Gupta (Targioniaceae), Conocephalum conicum (L.) Dum. (Conocephallaceae), Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi (Rebouliaceae), and Dumortiera hirsuta (Sw.) Reinw., Blume & Nees (Marchantiaceae) have been described in present communication. This constitutes first record of liverworts from this National Park, situated in Uttarkashi district of newly created state of Uttaranchal.