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Volume 63, Issue 2, December 2021

Articles

Notes on the Pygmy form of Mnesithea granularis (Poaceae)

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/166964

Published 2021-12-31

  • Nagaraju Siddabathula
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  • K.A.A. Kabeer

Nagaraju Siddabathula
Botanical Survey of India, Headquarters, Publication Section, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, DF-Block, 5th & 6th Floor, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 064, West Bengal

K.A.A. Kabeer
Central Botanical Laboratory, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal

Abstract

The morphological features of pygmy form of Mnesithea granularis (L.) de Koning & Sosef distributed in different parts of India are compared with the normal form along with colour photographs.

Keywords

Ananthagiri Hills, Dwarf, Mnesithea, Nanism, Phenotypic Variations.

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