Harinder

Bio: Harinder is an academic researcher from Bareilly College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bryophyte. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 76 citations.

Uses of bryophytes

Abstract: Although bryophytes are among the oldest land plants, their usefulness is relatively unknown to most people Bryophytes are used in pharmaceutical products, in horticulture, for household purposes, and are also ecologically important The multifarious uses and applications of the bryophyte flora are being increasingly recognized around the world Their potential in the biomapping of atmospheric precipitation is also enormous In this article, we briefly examine some of the uses of this ancient group of simple plants

Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classifications and uses.

Abstract: Introduction How to use this book The dictionary Appendix Acknowledgement of sources Abbreviations and symbols (used in this book).

Ethnobryology: traditional uses and folk classification of bryophytes

Abstract: The term “ethnobryology” was introduced about 50 years ago in a paper about the bryophytes used by the Gosiute people of Utah (Flowers 1957). Although there are fewer literature reports about human uses of bryophytes than those about vascular plants, a number of references about ethnobotanically important bryophytes do exist. These instances of ethnobryological use are all the more interesting both because of their relative rarity, and for the insights they can provide about the relation between people and small plants, like bryophytes, that lie on the cusp of human perception. This paper presents a summary of traditional uses and folk classifications of bryophytes around the world. Comparisons are made about the way that bryophytes are classified in different cultures. A list of about 150 ethnobotanical species of bryophytes is given. Many of these species have reported uses in Traditional Chinese Medicine (∼27%) and by Native North Americans (∼28%). The most common use of bryophytes is for medi...

Checklist of the bryophytes of India

Abstract: The checklist reports total 2489 taxa of bryophytes recorded from India, comprising 1786 species in 355 genera of mosses, 675 species in 121 genera of liverworts and 25 species in six genera of hornworts. Some of the genera of mosses like Fissidens, Barbula, Campylopus, and Bryum are found to have largest number of species. In liverworts Riccia, Porella, Frullania, Lejeunea, Plagiochila and Jungermannia are recorded to be species rich genera and in hornworts Anthoceros is well represented by species. Pottiaceae, Lejeuniaceae and Notothyladaceae are largely represented in India. Nearly 340 species are endemic to India.