Five new additions to the grass flora of Tripura State, India

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Published: Mar 26, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3461.10.3.11484-11492
Keywords:
Gramineae, India, new records, northeastern India, Poaceae, Tripura

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Sampa Ghosh
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2282-7343
Debjyoti Bhattacharyya
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-6765

Abstract

Five species of grasses (Poaceae) viz., Acroceras munroanum (Balansa) Henrard, Cyrtococcum patens var. latifolium (Honda) Ohwi, Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees, Panicum maximum Jacq. and Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Kunth) Stapf are reported here for the first time as new records for the state Tripura, India.

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Author Biographies

Sampa Ghosh, Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India

UGC National OBC Fellow; Research Scholar, Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India

Debjyoti Bhattacharyya, Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India

Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India

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