Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India

Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India

Themeda palakkadensis, a new grass species from Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to T. laxa in having pair of involucral spikelets arranged at same level and in inflorescence pattern but, differs in having densely rufous hairy sessile spikelets, lower lemma of...

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Main Authors: Alok R. Chorghe, Kothareddy Prasad, Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Taiwan University 2019-06-01
Series:Taiwania
Subjects:
Andropogoneae
Anthistirineae
Panicoideae
Poaceae
Themeda palakkadensis
Western Ghats
India
Online Access:http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1617
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spelling doaj-c989480005014be7bdf6fb5558c212312020-11-24T21:29:06ZengNational Taiwan UniversityTaiwania0372-333X0372-333X2019-06-0164323123410.6165/tai.2019.64.231Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, IndiaAlok R. Chorghe0Kothareddy Prasad1Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan2Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History, Sawai Madhopur - 322 001, Rajasthan, India.Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Hyderabad – 500 048, Telangana, India.Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune – 411 001, Maharashtra, India.Themeda palakkadensis, a new grass species from Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to T. laxa in having pair of involucral spikelets arranged at same level and in inflorescence pattern but, differs in having densely rufous hairy sessile spikelets, lower lemma of sessile spikelet sparsely rufous hairy, lower glumes of pedicelled spikelets winged on keels, longer anthers and shorter caryopsis length.http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1617AndropogoneaeAnthistirineaePanicoideaePoaceaeThemeda palakkadensisWestern GhatsIndia
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author Alok R. Chorghe
Kothareddy Prasad
Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan
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Kothareddy Prasad
Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan
Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India
Taiwania
Andropogoneae
Anthistirineae
Panicoideae
Poaceae
Themeda palakkadensis
Western Ghats
India
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Kothareddy Prasad
Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan
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title Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India
title_short Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India
title_full Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India
title_fullStr Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India
title_full_unstemmed Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Kerala State, India
title_sort themeda palakkadensis (poaceae: panicoideae), a new species from kerala state, india
publisher National Taiwan University
series Taiwania
issn 0372-333X
0372-333X
publishDate 2019-06-01
description Themeda palakkadensis, a new grass species from Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to T. laxa in having pair of involucral spikelets arranged at same level and in inflorescence pattern but, differs in having densely rufous hairy sessile spikelets, lower lemma of sessile spikelet sparsely rufous hairy, lower glumes of pedicelled spikelets winged on keels, longer anthers and shorter caryopsis length.
topic Andropogoneae
Anthistirineae
Panicoideae
Poaceae
Themeda palakkadensis
Western Ghats
India
url http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1617
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