https://cbaj.in/index.php/journal <div id="additionalHomeContent"> <p><strong>About the Journal:</strong></p> <p><em>Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment</em>&nbsp;is a biannual peer reviewed journal dedicated to cryptogams (algae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes and pteridophytes) and their systematics, ecology, diversity, biomonitoring, bioprospection, conservation, climate change and other allied themes. Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment publishes the most significant research across the basic and applied research on cryptogam. The journal follows the standards for high-quality science set by the Indian Lichenological Society.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the Indian Lichenological Society (ILS)</strong></p> <p>ILS is a registered society under the Society Registration Act 1860, with its Head Quarter at Lucknow. The major aim of the society is to promote lichen research in India. The society aims to encourage research and developmental activity for the advancement in aspects of Lichenology and other cryptogams. By constituting the society we intend to bring together all lichen researchers scattered all over the country under a single platform.</p> </div> <div id="announcementsHome">&nbsp;</div> en-US editor@mripub.com (Dr. GP) editor@mripub.com (Susheel Kumar) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 OJS 3.1.1.4 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://cbaj.in/index.php/journal/article/view/247 <p>A comprehensive checklist of lichens reported from India up to December 2024 is presented, detailing a total of 3,236 taxa, including 3,200 species, 29 varieties, 6 sub species, 1 forma,<br>across 487 genera and 88 families. Approximately 17% of India’s lichen biota is endemic. Parmeliaceae and Graphidaceae are the most species-rich families with 403 and 384 taxa respectively. Among genera Graphis is most speciose with 139 species. Crustose along with squamulose lichens dominate India’s lichen diversity comprising 2,239 taxa. The state of Tamil Nadu boasts the highest number of lichens with 1,044 taxa followed closely by Uttarakhand, which has 1,034 taxa. Recent research efforts have led to an increased number of records in North-East India, which now hosts the greatest concentration of lichens with 1,842 taxa. Other lichen-rich regions include the Western Ghats and the Western Himalayas with 1,706 and 1,300 taxa respectively. The increasing number of recorded taxa indicates that India’s lichen diversity remains underexplored, and collaborative efforts among researchers are essential for studying<br>remote and lichen-rich areas across the country.</p> Gopal P. Sinha, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Gaurav K. Mishra ##submission.copyrightStatement## https://cbaj.in/index.php/journal/article/view/247 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530