Category:Lichens of the Indian subcontinent

This category contains articles related to the native lichens of the Indian subcontinent. Taxa are included at region level if widely found in the region.

For the purposes of this category, the "Indian subcontinent" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (and adopted here for use with lichen flora). That is, the geographic region is defined as including the following areas:


 * Assam [ASS], comprising the state of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura
 * Bangladesh [BAN]
 * East Himalaya [EHM], comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Darjeeling and Sikkim
 * India (region) [IND], comprising political India except those parts placed in the WGSRPD units of Assam, East Himalaya, Lakshadweep (the Laccadive Islands) and West Himalaya
 * the Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) [LDV]
 * the Maldives [MDV]
 * Nepal [NEP]
 * Pakistan [PAK]
 * Sri Lanka [SRL]
 * West Himalaya [WHM], comprising Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand (or Uttaranchal)

It is included within the larger geographic region of tropical Asia in