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On the Identity of Seven Interrelated Species of Eragrostis (Poaceae:Chloridoideae) in India


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair – 744102, India
2 Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641002, India
 

Mode of spikelet disarticulation in Eragrostis amabilis, E. ciliaris, E. ciliata, E. coarctata, E. deccanensis, E. riparia and E. viscosa are similar i.e., from apex downwards. Furthermore, they are interrelated in a number of morphological as well as floral characters. Hence, their circumscription and identity have considerable confusions in India. The present study provides the reliable taxonomic characters to distinguish them unambiguously.

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Eragrostis, Identity, India, Poaceae:Chloridoideae.
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  • On the Identity of Seven Interrelated Species of Eragrostis (Poaceae:Chloridoideae) in India

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Authors

C. P. Vivek
Botanical Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair – 744102, India
G. V. S. Murthy
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641002, India
V. J. Nair
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore – 641002, India

Abstract


Mode of spikelet disarticulation in Eragrostis amabilis, E. ciliaris, E. ciliata, E. coarctata, E. deccanensis, E. riparia and E. viscosa are similar i.e., from apex downwards. Furthermore, they are interrelated in a number of morphological as well as floral characters. Hence, their circumscription and identity have considerable confusions in India. The present study provides the reliable taxonomic characters to distinguish them unambiguously.

Keywords


Eragrostis, Identity, India, Poaceae:Chloridoideae.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv61%2F2019%2F149806