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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

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Poa leptoclada (Poaceae) - An Afro-Arabian Species : First Record from India for South Asia

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/169779

Published 2022-08-02

  • K. Althaf Ahamed Kabeer
    • ,
  • Ravikiran Arigela
    • ,
  • Ruma Bhadra
    • ,
  • J. H. F. Benjamin
    • ,
  • Saikat Naskar
    • ,
  • P. V. Prasanna

K. Althaf Ahamed Kabeer
Botanical Survey of India, Central Botanical Laboratory, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah-711103, West Bengal

Ravikiran Arigela
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Rooms 228-238, Kendriya Sadan, Sultan Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad – 500095, Telangana

Ruma Bhadra
Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah–711 103, West Bengal

J. H. F. Benjamin
Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre, P.O. Rajbhawan, Gangtok–737 103, Sikkim

Saikat Naskar
Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan–703 104, West Bengal

P. V. Prasanna
C-109, Cyber-e-park, Alkapur, Puppalaguda Manikonda, Hyderabad–500 089, Telangana, India

Abstract

Poa leptoclada  Hochst. ex A.Rich. collected from Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary, Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu is reported here as addition to South Asia. Detailed exo-morphology, distribution and plate are provided.

Keywords

New Record, Poa leptoclada, Poaceae, Tamil Nadu, South Asia.

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