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Tripogon mahendragiriensis sp. nov. (Poaceae) from the Eastern Ghats of Odisha (Orissa) State, India
Author(s) -
Chorghe Alok,
Dey Sangita,
Prasad K.,
Prasanna P. V.,
Rao Y. V.
Publication year - 2015
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/njb.00874
Subject(s) - poaceae , biology , botany , stamen , pollen
Tripogon mahendragiriensis (Poaceae), a new species from Mahendragiri Hills, Eastern Ghats, Odisha (Orissa) State, India is described and illustrated. It is similar to Tripogon humilis and T. purpurascens , but differs mainly by having longer culms, leaf blades and spike, unlobed lemmas and 2 anthers which are longer. From T. purpurascens it also differs by having 3‐awned lemmas.