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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

Microchloa R. Br. (Poaceae): A new generic record to the Flora of Gujarat, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/168539

Published 2022-08-02

  • Rohitkumar M. Patel
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  • Sujitkumar R. Prajapati
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  • Kumar Vinod C. Gosavi

Rohitkumar M. Patel
Government Science College, Dhanpur, Dahod, Gujarat

Sujitkumar R. Prajapati
Government Science College, Limkheda, Dahod, Gujarat

Kumar Vinod C. Gosavi
Department of Botany, HPT Arts & RYK Science College, Nashik, Maharashtra

Abstract

The genus Microchloa R. Br. with a species M. indica (L.f.) P. Beauv. has been collected for the first time from the Gujarat state, which forms a new generic record to the flora of the state. Present paper provides description, photographs of Microchloa indica for easy identification and its distribution note in India.

Keywords

Genus, Gramineae, Gujarat, Microchloa, new record

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