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Volume 59, Issue 1, July 2017

Articles

Eleusine multiflora (Poaceae: Chloridoideae), a New Record for India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v59/2017/117145

Published 2017-12-01

  • Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar
    • ,
  • Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil
    • ,
  • Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar
    • ,
  • Narayanan Bhavadas
    • ,
  • Tarun Chhabra
    • ,
  • Indira Balachandran

Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676503, Kerala

Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil
Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala

Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar
Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala

Narayanan Bhavadas
Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Tarun Chhabra
Edhkwehlynawd Botanical Refuge (EBR), C/o Dental Clinic, Hospital Road, Ootacamund-643001, Nilgiris

Indira Balachandran
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676503, Kerala

Abstract

Eleusine multiflora Hochst. ex A. Rich. is reported here for the first time from India. Detailed description, illustration and distribution of the species are provided.

Keywords

Eleusine multiflora, India, New Record, Nilgiris, Poaceae.

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