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Volume 64, Issue 2, December 2022

Articles

Eragrostis papposa (Poaceae: Eragrostideae): an addition to the grass flora of Eastern India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/172402

Published 2022-12-31

  • Ambika Barman
    • ,
  • Suparna Saha
    • ,
  • Debabrat Maity

Ambika Barman
Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge, Circular Road, Kolkata - 700 019, West Bengal

Suparna Saha
Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge, Circular Road, Kolkata - 700 019, West Bengal

Debabrat Maity
Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge, Circular Road, Kolkata - 700 019, West Bengal

Abstract

Eragrostis papposa (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. (Poaceae) is communicated here as a new record for Eastern India based on the collection made from Balurghat, West Bengal. In depth description, illustrations along with short notes on habitat information, phenology and distribution are put forward in the presentdocumentation.

Keywords

Eragrostis papposa, habitat, new record, spikelet formula, West Bengal

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