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Volume 59, Issue 1, July 2017

Articles

Acmella radicans (Asteraceae), an American Weed New to Eastern India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v59/2017/117147

Published 2017-12-01

  • Debabrata Maity
    • ,
  • Anirban Sardar
    • ,
  • Sudhansu Sekhar Dash

Debabrata Maity
Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700019, W.B.

Anirban Sardar
Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700019, W.B.

Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector - I, Salt Lake, Kolkata–700064, W.B.

Abstract

Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K. Jansen var. radicans grows as a weed abundantly on waste places at Baruipur (South 24 Parganas dist., West Bengal) and reported here for first time from Eastern India. A detailed description, digital images of the plant, flower parts and illustration of the taxon is provided in the present communication.

Keywords

Acmella radicans var. radicans, Eastern India, New Record, Weed, West Bengal.

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