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Centotheca ganeshaiahiana sp. nov. (Poaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Author(s) -
Venkat Ramana M.,
Chorghe Alok,
Prasanna P. V.,
Sanjappa M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00302.x
Subject(s) - biology , pedicel , inflorescence , botany , poaceae , national park , vietnamese , ecology , linguistics , philosophy
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.