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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

Sporobolus aculeatus (L.) P.M.Peterson (Poaceae, Sporobolinae) - An addition to the Flora of Gujarat State

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/171989

Published 2023-07-27

  • Tarun R. Nayi
    • ,
  • Ramchandra D. Gore
    • ,
  • Urvish D. Patel
    • ,
  • S. K. Patel
    • ,
  • Bhasker L. Punjani

Tarun R. Nayi
Department of Botany, Smt. S. M. Panchal Science College, Talod, Sabarkantha – 383215 (Gujarat), India

Ramchandra D. Gore
Assistant Professor

Urvish D. Patel
Department of Botany, Smt. S. M. Panchal Science College, Talod, Sabarkantha – 383215 (Gujarat), India

S. K. Patel
Department of Biology, Gujarat Arts and Science College, Ellis bridge, Ahmadabad-380 006, Gujarat

Bhasker L. Punjani
Department of Botany, Smt. S. M. Panchal Science College, Talod, Sabarkantha-383 215, Gujarat

Abstract

Sporobolus aculeatus (L.) P.M.Peterson is reported here as a new record for the North-West region of India from the arid and semiarid regions of Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts of Gujarat state. A detailed taxonomic description, phenology, the current status and photographs are provided here for easy identification.

Keywords

Addition, Crypsis, grass flora, Gujarat, Sporobolus, subsection Crypsis

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Author Biography

Tarun R. Nayi

Department of Botany,
Smt. S. M. Panchal Science College, Talod, Sabarkantha – 383215 (Gujarat), India

Ramchandra D. Gore

Department of Botany, Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur – 413006 (Maharashtra), India

Urvish D. Patel

Department of Botany,
Smt. S. M. Panchal Science College, Talod, Sabarkantha – 383215 (Gujarat), India

S. K. Patel

Department of Biology, Gujarat Arts and Science College, Ellis bridge, Ahmadabad– 380006 (Gujarat), India

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