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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

Pluchea sagittalis (Lam.) Cabrera (Asteraceae): An addition to Indian Flora

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173244

Published 2023-12-01

  • Nidhan Singh
    • ,
  • U. L. Tiwari
    • ,
  • Gopal Krishna

Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany, I.B. (PG) College, GT Road, Panipat, Haryana

U. L. Tiwari
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, Block F (5th and 6th Floor), DF Block, Sector I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 064

Gopal Krishna
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, Block F (5th and 6th Floor), DF Block, Sector I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 064

Abstract

Pluchea sagittalis (Lam.) Cabrera is collected for the first time from Haryana, India. This species so far is known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Florida, Paraguay, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela (POWO, 2023). A detailed description along with field photographs, and key to Indian species of Pluchea is provided for easy identification in the field.

Keywords

Introduction, Invasive, Pluchea sagittalis.

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