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Acmella radicans (Asteraceae), an American Weed New to Eastern India


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1 Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700019, W.B., India
2 Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector - I, Salt Lake, Kolkata–700064, W.B., India
 

Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K. Jansen var. radicans grows as a weed abundantly on waste places at Baruipur (South 24 Parganas dist., West Bengal) and reported here for first time from Eastern India. A detailed description, digital images of the plant, flower parts and illustration of the taxon is provided in the present communication.

Keywords

Acmella radicans var. radicans, Eastern India, New Record, Weed, West Bengal.
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Authors

Debabrata Maity
Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700019, W.B., India
Anirban Sardar
Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata – 700019, W.B., India
Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector - I, Salt Lake, Kolkata–700064, W.B., India

Abstract


Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K. Jansen var. radicans grows as a weed abundantly on waste places at Baruipur (South 24 Parganas dist., West Bengal) and reported here for first time from Eastern India. A detailed description, digital images of the plant, flower parts and illustration of the taxon is provided in the present communication.

Keywords


Acmella radicans var. radicans, Eastern India, New Record, Weed, West Bengal.

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