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Volume 61, Issue 1, July 2019

Articles

Acrachne borii (Poaceae) a new species from Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v61/2019/141863

Published 2019-07-31

  • J. Swamy
    • ,
  • L. Rasingam
    • ,
  • S. Nagaraju

J. Swamy
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Attapur, Hyderguda P.O., Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana

L. Rasingam
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Attapur, Hyderguda P.O., Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana

S. Nagaraju
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Attapur, Hyderguda P.O., Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana

Abstract

A new species Acrachne borii is described from Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve of Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. It shares morphological similarities with Acrachne henrardiana, A. racemosa and A. sundararajii but differs in its habit, number and size of spikes, number of florets and size of glumes and lemmas.

Keywords

Acrachne, Kadapa, Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve.

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