New records and typification in family Poaceae from western Himalaya, India

Authors

  • Smita Tiwari Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India; Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5671-9343
  • Dileshwar Prasad Deparment of Botany, Government Naveen College Makdi, Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh 494226, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-4320
  • Sangam Sharma Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8038-8452
  • Supriya Tiwari Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-4121
  • Priyanka Agnihotri Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5957-9991

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9570.17.6.27075-27086

Keywords:

Anthoxanthum, Chloridoideae, Eragrostis, lectotypification, morphology, Pooideae, taxonomy, Tripogon

Abstract

In the present study, authors provide the new geographical records of four species, namely Anthoxanthum flexuosum, A. horsfieldii, Eragrostis tenuifolia, and Tripogon longearistatus for the first time in the western Himalaya. A detailed taxonomic description, notes on habitat, morphology, and distribution along with a map are also provided. Additionally, we designated the lectotype for the name Anthoxanthum horsfieldii.

Author Biographies

Smita Tiwari, Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India; Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India.

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Dileshwar Prasad, Deparment of Botany, Government Naveen College Makdi, Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh 494226, India.

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Sangam Sharma, Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India.

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Supriya Tiwari, Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India.

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Priyanka Agnihotri, Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001, India.

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