Educational Qualification
M.Sc Botany ( MG University Kottayam)
Ph.D Botany ( FRI Deemed University Dehra Dun)
Employment History
Asst. Professor at St. Alberts College, ernakulam(01-12-2011
to 24-06-2014)
Asst. Professor at Govt. College Chittur, Palakkadd(25-06-2014
to 08-06-2017)
Present Responsibilities
UG/PG Admission - Co-ordinator / Convenor
Attendance committee - Co-ordinator / Convenor
NAAC - Committee Member
Class Tutor - Committee Member
Board of Studies-Botany - Committee Member
College beautification committee - Committee Member
Board of Studies - Botany (Alberts College, Ernakulam) - Committee Member
Achievements
Young Scientist Award
Received young Scientist Award during the 17th Kerala Science Congress held at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala, India
Research Interest
Lichenology
Ecology
Pteridology
Orchidology
Epiphytes
Doctoral Thesis Under Supervision
Doctoral Thesis Under Supervised
Publications
Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii (Munro) Naithani - A bamboo new record to Kerala, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 19(3), 525-528, 1995
Impatiens sivarajanii - A new species of Balsaminaceae from Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Rheedea, 6(2), 51-54., 1996
Report of abnormal branching in two species of orchids from Kerala., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S. Joy, C.C., Indian For., 122(4), 343-345., 1996
Lichen flora of Western Ghats: An appraisal, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 21(1), 27-39, 1997
New records of macrolichens from Silent Valley, Kerala, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 21(1), 67-73, 1997
Diversity, systematics, distribution and taxonomy of epiphytic pteridophytes of Kerala part of Western Ghats, South India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian Fern J., 15, 106-130, 1998
Some new records and little known species of ferns from Kerala, South India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian Fern J., 15, 102-105, 1998
Two new species of Oberonia Lindl. from Kerala, India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Orchid Soc. India, 12(1/2), 12(1/2), 1998
Two new species of Ochlandra Thw. Poaceae - Bambusoideae from Southern India, Kumar, M; Seethalakshmi, K.K; Sequiera, S., Rheedea, 9(1), 31-35, 1999
Liparis walakkadensis, A new species from Kerala, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Orch. Soc. India., 13(1-2), 29-31, 1999
Oberonia josephii (Orchidaceae) - a new record for Kerala, 11. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Rheedea, 9(2), 173-175, 1999
A little known bamboo - Sinarundinaria microphylla (Munro) Chao & Renv. from Southern Western Ghats, India, 12. Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S.; Unnikrishnan, N., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 24(1), 215-219, 2000
The position of bamboos in Bamboo Systematics, 13. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S. and M. Remesh, Rheedea, Rheedea, 33-48, 2000
Bulbophyllum maskeliyense Livera (Orchidaceae) - A new record for India, 14. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S.; Anto, P.V., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 24(1), 207-209, 2000
A new species of Schoenorchis (Orchidaceae) from India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, Kew Bull., 55, 241-245, 2000
J. Econ. Tax. Bot., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 25(1), 239-246, 2001
An enumeration of macrolichens from Palakkad District, Kerala State, India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian J. For., 25(3), 347-353, 2001
Notes on a collection of some lichens from Chembra and Thirunelly hills of Wayanad district of Kerala state, India, 18. Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot, 27 (Suppl.), 1029-1039, 2001
Ochlandra keralensis (Poaceae-Bambusoideae) - A new reed bamboo from Southern Western Ghats, India., 19. Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S., J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 25(1), 49-51, 2001
Two new species of Bulbophyllum Thouars (Orchidaceae) from Southern Western Ghats, India., Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 98(1), 98(1), 2001
. Field Identification key to the native bamboos of Kerala, India, Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S., .J. American Bam.Soc., 15(1), 35-47, 2001
Two new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, Sida, 19(4), 795-802, 2001
A new species of the hitherto monospecific genus Xenikophyton Garay (Orchidaceae) from India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S.; J.J. Wood, Kew Bull., 57, 227-230, 2001
Medicinal ferns of Kerala, Kumar, M; Remesh, M; Sequiera, S., Indian Fern J., 20, 1-28, 2003
Preliminary survey on the lower groups of plants of Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India), Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Indian J. Forestry, 31(2), 261-268, 2008
Epiphyte Host Relationship of Macrolichens in the Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests of Silent Valley National Park, Western Ghats of India., Sequiera, S. and Kumar, M., Tropical Ecology, 49(2), 211-224, 2020
Macrolichens from Kerala Forests, Kumar, M. Sequiera, S. and Remesh, M., Evergreen, 61/62, 1-7, 2009
Status of Lichen diversity in Kerala, India, Sequiera, S., Samagra, 8, 28-39, 2012
Phytosociology of lichens in an urban area of Ernakulam District, Kerala State, Sequeira, S.; Rincy,M and Anuja,V., Devagiri J. Sci., 1(1), 49-56, 2015
Lichens and their utilization potential: A Scenario from High ranges of Idukki District, Kerala State, Sequeira, S., Sci. & Soc, Sci. & Soc, 7-13, 2015
Lichens of Western Ghats - An overview, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Aravali Books International, New Delhi, Biology of Lichens: K.G. Mukherji et al. (Eds.), 297-331, 1999
Concepts in bamboo taxonomy - Past, present and future: A global perspective, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Mentor Books, Calicut, Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Conservation of Flowering Plants Sivadasan, M., Philip Mathew, (Eds), 167-188, 1999
Observations on the epiphytic flora of Silent Valley, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S., Kerala Forest Department, Trivandrum, Silent Valley - Whispers of Reason Manoharan, T.M. et.al. (Eds), 251-256, 1999
Vascular Epiphytes of Southern Western Ghats with special reference to endemic species, Sequiera, S; Kumar, M., International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun, Forest Conservation and Management: Challenges of the Millennium Rethy, P. et. al. (Eds.), 121-163, 2001
First report of teleomorphic stage of Normandina pulchella from India, Y. Joshi, V.B. Sreekumar and S. Sequeira, KAVAKA, 47, 155-157, 2016
Effect of different oil cakes and leaf extracts on growth of Ganoderma in in vitro condition, Sureshkumar, K. A., Sequeira, S., ManojKumar, A. and Smitha, C. K., Devagiri J. Sci., 1(1), 57-60, 2015
Distribution of South Indian bamboos and their taxonomic status, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Bamboo, 28-29 November 1996, 18-24, 1996
Diversity and ecology of lichens of Silent Valley National Park, , Kerala, India, Sequiera, S; Kumar, M., Proc. XVII Kerala Science Congress, XVII Kerala Science Congress, 166-168, 2005
Lichens: the unsung members of Kerala forests., Sequiera, S; Kumar, M., Proc. XVII Kerala Science Congress, January 29-31, 181-182, 2005
Diversity and distribution of macrolichens in the Kerala part of Western Ghats, India, Kumar, M; Sequiera, S, National Conference of Forest Biodiversity Resources: Exploitation, Conservation & Management, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai., 21-22 March, 77-78, 2006
Diversity and Composition of Lichens of Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests – A case study from Silent Valley National Park, Western Ghats, India, Sequiera, S., Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Biodiversity and Bioprospecting with reference to plants and microbes, 8-9 December, 8-9 December, 2011
Diversity of lichens of high altitude forest ecosystems of Kerala part of Western Ghats, Sequiera, S, Proc. National Seminar on Western Ghats: Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation, Manjeri, 14-16, 2013
More sites for the endangered Malabar Daffodil, Kumar, M, Sequiera, S.; Remesh, M., Biodiversity India, ISCB Newsletter, 8-12, 12, 2000
Lichens of high ranges and their utilization potential, Sequeira, S., Proc. National Seminar cum Workshop on Herbarium techniques, 24th and 25th September, 2014
Lichen Diversity on trees of central coast of Kerala: A preliminary study, Aswathi, A., Sequeira, S., Christy, A. and Arsha, S. M, Albertian J. Mult. Res., 1, 72-75, 2019
Scope and Advancements in Lichenology, Arsha, S. M., Sequeira, S., Aswathi, A. and Christy, A., Albertian J. Mult. Res., 1, 147-152, 2019
Diversity and Conservation of Lichens of Kerala: An Overview, Christy, A., Sequeira, S., Aswathi, A. and Arsha, S. M., Albertian J.Mult. Res., 1, 153-155, 2019
Parmelioid lichens of Kerala, Current status and need of taxonomic and phylogenetic updation of the family Parmeliaceae, S.M. Arsha, Stephen Sequeira, A. Aswathi and Arun Christy, Proc. 31st Kerala Science Congress, 2-3 February (Extended abstract), 120-121, 2019
Arecanut and coconut trees, the unique hosts preferred by epiphytic lichens in lower altitude: A case study from Ernakulam district, Kerala, A. Aswathy, Stephen Sequeira, Arun Christy and S.M. Arsha, Proc. 31st Kerala Science Congress, 2-3 February (Extended Abstract), 121, 2019
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