New distributional records of four grass species (Poaceae: Panicoideae) to the Flora of Nepal

Abstract

Four species of grasses (Poaceae: Panicoideae), viz., Acroceras munroanum (Balansa) Henrard, Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf, Hymenachne aurita (J. Presl ex Nees) Balansa, and Ischaemum timorense Kunth, collected from Jalthal forest in eastern Nepal, are reported here for the first time from Nepal. A detailed description of the species, notes on habitat, photographs of spikelets and selected specimens, and identification keys to these species with respective congeners in Nepal are provided.