Five new additions to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India.

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  • L. Rasingam Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana 500048, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3537.7037-41

Keywords:

Distributional records, flora, Little Andaman.

Abstract

Fioria vitifolia (L.) Mattei (Malvaceae), Combretum acuminatum Roxb. (Combretaceae), Marsdenia tinctoria R. Br. (Apocynaceae) Phoebe lanceolata (Nees) Nees (Lauraceae) and Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla (Cyperaceae) collected from Little Andaman Island are reported to be new additions to the flora of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  

 

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Lakshminarasimhan, P. & P.S.N. Rao (1996). Supplementary list of angiosperms recorded (1983–1993) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 20: 175–185.

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Pandey, R.P. & P.G. Diwakar (2008). An integrated checklist of plants in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403–500.

Rao, M.K.V. (1986). A preliminary report on the angiosperms of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 8: 107–184.

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26-03-2015

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