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Volume 59, Issue 2, December 2017

Articles

Three Species of Sedges (Cyperaceae) New to Bihar, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v59/2017/120452

Published 2017-12-01

  • Anant Kumar
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  • Gopal Krishna
    • ,
  • V. P. Prasad

Anant Kumar
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711103

Gopal Krishna
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711103

V. P. Prasad
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711103

Abstract

Three species of Cyperaceae, Fimbristylis alboviridis C.B. Clarke, Kyllinga bulbosa P. Beauv. and Lipocarpha squarrosa (L.) Goetgh., are reported for the first time from Bihar, India based on the collections from Aurangabad and Nawada districts. The present paper provides a brief description, phenology and a photoplate of these species for easy identification.

Keywords

Fimbristylis, Kyllinga, Lipocarpha, Bihar, Cyperaceae, New Record.

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