Autecological studies on Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. carried out in the Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah list as many as 11 species of angiosperms on which the species is epiphytic. This is an addition to the 34 species of epiphytic Planr listed by Ghosh, (1971) from the Indian Botanic Garden.
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Manuscript Published on 01 December 1997
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