Grasses of Kundadri Hills in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

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Published: Apr 26, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5614.12.5.15619-15630
Keywords:
Checklist, diversity, plant taxonomy, Poaceae

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Hanchali Udayashankar Abhijit
Department of PG studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3742-2202
Yelugere Linganaik Krishnamurthy
Department of PG studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8513-5929

Abstract

Abstract: The present communication provides a checklist of grass flora in Kundadri Hill of central Western Ghats, Karnataka.  During the exploration, a total of 78 species belonging to two sub-families, 12 tribes, and 43 genera of Poaceae have been documented.

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Vol. 12 No. 5 (2020)
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Communications

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Author Biographies

Hanchali Udayashankar Abhijit, Department of PG studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India.

Research Scholar, Dept. of Applied Botany

Yelugere Linganaik Krishnamurthy, Department of PG studies and Research in Applied Botany, Kuvempu University, Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India.

Dr. Y L Krishnamurthy

Professor

Department of PG studies and Research in Applied Botany.

Kuvempu University.

Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka.

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