Textbook of Bryophyta, 2nd/Ed. (PB)

The TEXTBOOK OF BRYOPHYTA, aims to provide an insight into the fundamental and basic concepts of bryology in a simple and easily understandable manner but also exposes the readers to the complexities of the fascinating world of these land-inhabiting plants. It is based on the globally­-most-accepted system of classification of bryophytes.

Salient Features :

●              Complete coverage of general aspects of all groups of Bryophyta

                  Hepaticopsida     Anthoceropsida   Bryopsida

●              Detailed life-histories of

                  13 liverworts (e.g. Riccia, Marchantia)

                  2 hornworts (e.g. Anthoceros)

                  8 mosses (e.g. Funaria, Sphagnum, Polytrichum)

●              Specific life-history details of over a dozen bryophytes

                  Takakia               Calobryum          Haplomitrium     Frullania

                  Riccardia             Fossombronia     Sphaerocarpos   Riella

                  Monoclea             Notothylas           Buxbaumia         Tetraphis

●              Exhaustive chapterwise coverage of dozens of general topics in bryology

●              Six independent chapters on new and modern topics in bryology

                  Sexuality                              Phylogeny             Chemical Constituents

                  Indicators of pollution       Conduction         Biologically active compounds

●              Four application-based chapters

                   Economic  importance      Morphogenesis

                  Cytogenetics                        Role in carbon and nitrogen cycling

●              Profusely-illustrated with more than 200 well-labelled diagrams

●              Answers of more than 500 short-answer chapter-end questions

●              18 comparative Tables spread across the text

●              Glossary of over 230 bryological terms