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Volume 21, Issue 1-4, 1979

Articles

Cyperaceae of Orissa

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v21/1979/75441

  • S. P. Rath
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  • B. P. Choudhury
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  • S. N. Patnaik

S. P. Rath
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

B. P. Choudhury
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

S. N. Patnaik
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

Abstract

As a part of the programme of study of the flora of Orissa, Cyperaceae, one of the dominant families in this region was taken up first. Through an exhaustive collection of Cyperaceae along with others for about 7 years and survey of specimens and literature at Central National Herbarium, Sibpore, 112 species belonging to 19 different genera of this family were found to occur in the State. In the present collection of 81 species of the family from various parts of Orissa, 11 species proved to be new reports for the State. The enumeration of species with latest nomenclature and localities of collection are presented here. The collected specimens are deposited in the Herbarium of Botany Department of Utkal University (BOTU).
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