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Volume 59, Issue 2, December 2017

Articles

Notes on Sedges (Cyperaceae) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands-Seven New Records and Five Exclusions

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v59/2017/120453

Published 2017-12-01

  • V. P. Prasad

V. P. Prasad
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden P.O., Howrah – 711103, West Bengal

Abstract

Seven taxa namely Cyperus diffusus Vahl subsp. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) T. Koyama, Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth, Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl subsp. sieberiana (Kunth) Lye, Fimbristylis tristachya R. Br., Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. var. stellulata (Valck.Sur.) Ohwi, Pycreus stramineus C.B. Clarke and Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. var. microdontus (Torr.) Govaerts are reported for the first time from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and five species, viz., Fimbristylis aestivalis (Retz.) Vahl, Fimbristylis alboviridis C.B. Clarke, Fimbristylis bisumbellata (Forssk.) Bubani, Fimbristylis microcarya F. Muell. and Fimbristylis tomentosa Vahl are excluded from the flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Exclusions, New Reports, Sedges.

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