Four species of Commelinaceae, as additions to Andhra Pradesh, India

Authors

  • S. Salamma Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-4950
  • M. Chennakesavulu Naik Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-1645
  • M. Anil Kumar Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-053X
  • A. Sreenath Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7865
  • Ravi Prasad Rao Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0561-3722

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3342.9.6.10340-10344

Keywords:

Andhra Pradesh, Commelinaceae, new records.

Abstract

Cyanotis vaga and Murdannia nimmoniana collected from Horsley Hills in Chittoor District; Cyanotis villosa collected from Horsley Hills in Chittoor District and Penchalakona in Nellore District; Cyanotis burmanniana collected from Tyda forests in Visakhapatnam District are new distributional records for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.  Cyanotis vaga is recorded for the first time from southern Peninsular India.  Description, phenology, distribution, voucher specimen information and photographs are provided for all the species. 

Author Biographies

S. Salamma, Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

 Botany

M. Chennakesavulu Naik, Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

Botany

 

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

Botany

JRF

A. Sreenath, Biodiversity Conservation Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 515003, India

Botany

Project Fellow

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

Botany

Professor

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26-06-2017

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Vol. 9 No. 6 (2017)

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