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Three New Additions to the Grass Flora of Sikkim


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Pal Basni link road, Subhash Nagar, AIIMS road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan – 342014, India
 

The present communication deals with the occurrence of 3 grass species viz. Acrachne racemosa (Heyne ex Roem.& Schult.) Ohwi, Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem.& Schult. ex Loud., and Poa supina Schard. as a new records for Sikkim along with their correct citation, description and phenology.

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Addition, Flora, Poaceae, Sikkim.
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C. S. Purohit
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Pal Basni link road, Subhash Nagar, AIIMS road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan – 342014, India

Abstract


The present communication deals with the occurrence of 3 grass species viz. Acrachne racemosa (Heyne ex Roem.& Schult.) Ohwi, Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem.& Schult. ex Loud., and Poa supina Schard. as a new records for Sikkim along with their correct citation, description and phenology.

Keywords


Addition, Flora, Poaceae, Sikkim.

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