New generic records of grasses from Tripura, India

Sampa Ghosh; Debjyoti Bhattacharyya

doi:10.14719/pst.2020.7.3.763

New generic records of grasses from Tripura, India

Authors

Sampa Ghosh Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2282-7343
Debjyoti Bhattacharyya Assam University, Silchar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-6765

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2020.7.3.763

Keywords:

Gramineae, Northeastern India, Poaceae, Monocotyledons

Abstract

Five species of grasses (Gramineae, nom. alt. Poaceae) namely Eriochloa procera (Retz.) C. E. Hubb., Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze, Phalaris minor Retz. and Pseudoraphis brunoniana (Griff.) Pilg. are reported here for the first time from Tripura, India. Literature review revealed that all are the first representative species under respective genus from the state which eventually proclaim five new generic records of grasses from the state of Tripura. Brief description with illustration, habitat, phenology of all the species are presented. Field photographs are also given for facilitating easy identification.

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Author Biographies

Sampa Ghosh, Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, India

Ms. Sampa Ghosh, currently working on grass systematics, is a research scholar and UGC-SRF under NFOBC Scheme of University Grants Commission in the Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar. Presently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. research on grass flora of Tripura. Her area of research interests are plant taxonomy, floristics and biodiversity assessments.

Debjyoti Bhattacharyya, Assam University, Silchar

Dr. Debjyoti Bhattacharyya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar. Presently, he is engaged on the floristic research of north-eastern India, grass systematics, molecular and phylogenetic studies, etc.

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Ghosh S, Bhattacharyya D. New generic records of grasses from Tripura, India. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];7(3):319-32. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/763

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