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Addition of Cardamom and Ginger for the Flora of Maharashtra


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1 National Tiger Conservation Authority, Regional Office, Nagpur-440001 (M.S.), India
2 Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad-431 004 (M.S.), India
 

Field survey of eastern Maharashtra resulted in collection of Amomum maximum Roxb. and Zingiber capitatum Roxb. var. elatum (Roxb.) Baker. A scrutiny of the literature and herbaria revealed that both the taxa forms the first report for flora of the Maharashtra state. The present paper reports range extension of these two species for the State of Maharashtra and provides short description, distribution and herbarium specimens collected for each species.

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Zingiberaceae, Amomum, Zingiber, New Records, Flora, Maharashtra.
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Authors

Ravikiran Govekar
National Tiger Conservation Authority, Regional Office, Nagpur-440001 (M.S.), India
M. M. Sardesai
Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad-431 004 (M.S.), India

Abstract


Field survey of eastern Maharashtra resulted in collection of Amomum maximum Roxb. and Zingiber capitatum Roxb. var. elatum (Roxb.) Baker. A scrutiny of the literature and herbaria revealed that both the taxa forms the first report for flora of the Maharashtra state. The present paper reports range extension of these two species for the State of Maharashtra and provides short description, distribution and herbarium specimens collected for each species.

Keywords


Zingiberaceae, Amomum, Zingiber, New Records, Flora, Maharashtra.

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