Isachne veldkampii var. malabarica (Poaceae) - a new wetland variety from Northern Kerala, India

P. A Dhanya  Lekshmi; P Biju; V.S.Anil  Kumar

doi:10.14719/pst.1678

Isachne veldkampii var. malabarica (Poaceae) - a new wetland variety from Northern Kerala, India

Authors

P. A Dhanya Lekshmi Plant Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-3838
P Biju Department of Botany, Govt. College Kasaragod-671 123, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3144-3034
V.S.Anil Kumar Plant Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-2620

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.1678

Keywords:

Amplexicaul, Caryopsis, Glandular, Heteromorphic floret, Isachneae, Ligulate, Micrairoideae

Abstract

Isachne veldkampii var. malabarica, a new variety is described from the wetlands of Kasaragod, Kerala. It can be distinguished from Isachne veldkampii Bhat & Nagendran by the presence of two types of leaves - ligulate and non-ligulate,1–4 spikelets in each panicle branch and 2 florets which are either both pistillate, both bisexual or upper pistillate and lower bisexual. Description along with figures, illustrations and distribution map are provided.

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03-04-2022

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Lekshmi PAD, Biju P, Kumar V. Isachne veldkampii var. malabarica (Poaceae) - a new wetland variety from Northern Kerala, India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 3 [cited 2024 Nov. 4];9(sp1):29-32. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/1678

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