Rediscovery of Puccinellia stapfiana R. R. Stewart - An Endemic Grass from Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir

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Published: 31.12.2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2005.15.02.07
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Puccinellia stapfiana, rediscovery, Jammu & Kashmir

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Amit Chauhan
CIMAP Resource Centre, Purara, Gagrigole P.O., Bageshwar 263 688, Uttaranchal, India.
D. K. Singh
Botanical Survey of India, 3rd MSO Building, Block F, CGO Complex, DF Block, Salt Lake Sector I, Kolkata 700 064, India.
J. S. Dhakre
18, Moti Bagh, Dayal Bagh, Agra 282 005, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Puccinellia stapfiana R.R. Stewart, an endemic grass closely allied to P. himalaica Tzvelev and P. tenuiflora (Griseb.) Scribn. & Merr., has been rediscovered from Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir after a gap of 135 years. This species was first collected by T. Thomson in 1847. It is described and illustrated.

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2005): Rheedea

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Chauhan, A., Singh, D. K., & Dhakre, J. S. (2005). Rediscovery of Puccinellia stapfiana R. R. Stewart - An Endemic Grass from Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir. Rheedea, 15(2), 136-137. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2005.15.02.07

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