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Volume 63, Issue 1, July 2021

Articles

Ottochloa (Poaceae): A New Generic Record for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/156044

Published 2021-07-31

  • Reshma Lakra
    • ,
  • Pushpa Kumari

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

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

Abstract

The genus Ottochloa Dandy (O. nodosa (Kunth) Dandy) has been collected for the first time from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which forms a new generic record to the grass flora of this region. The present paper provides description, photographic plate and distribution information.

Keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, New Report, Ottochloa, Poaceae.

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Author Biography

Reshma Lakra

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, FLORA OF INDIA PROJECT, BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

Pushpa Kumari

SCIENTIST 'D'

BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

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