Centotheca ganeshaiahiana sp. nov. (Poaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India |
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| Authors: | M Venkat Ramana Alok Chorghe P V Prasanna M Sanjappa |
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| Institution: | 1. Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, , IN‐500 048 Hyderabad, India;2. Botanical Garden, Univ. of Agricultural Science, GKVK, , IN‐560 065 Bangalore, India |
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| Abstract: | Centotheca ganeshaiahiana M. V. Ramana, Alok Chorghe, Prasanna & Sanjappa, a new species from Saddle Peak National Park, north Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India is described and illustrated. It is closely allied to C. uniflora Swallen, a Vietnamese species, but differs mainly in shorter culms, leaf blades and inflorescences, longer pedicels, spikelets with 2 fertile florets and lemmas with bulbous based hairs. |
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