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Morphological, anatomical and palynological studies on all seven Indian species of Antrophyum Kaulf. and fourteen species of Vittaria J. Sm. out of seventeen Indian members have been made and their taxonomy is discussed. Keys have been provided based on morpho-anatomical characters.
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Bhandari, J.B., Mukhopadhyay, R. (2003). Studies on the Morpho — Taxonomy of Indian Vittarioid Ferns. In: Chandra, S., Srivastava, M. (eds) Pteridology in the New Millennium. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2811-9_17
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