On the discovery of Dimeria hohenackeri (Poaceae) from the Andaman Islands, a hitherto known endemic and endangered grass species of southwestern peninsular India

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Mudavath Chennakesava Naik
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-1645
Midigesi Anil Kumar
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-053X
Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0561-3722

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Dimeria hohenackeri is an endemic and endangered species of south-western India is discovered from Andaman Islands and forms a new distributional record to Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 

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Mudavath Chennakesava Naik, Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

Ph.D Scholar

Department of Botany

Midigesi Anil Kumar, Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

Junior Research Fellow

Department of Botany

Boyina Ravi Prasad Rao, Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

Professor

Department of Botany

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