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Issue: Vol. 195 No. 2: 23 January 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.195.2.10
Page range: 193–196
Abstract views: 20
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Dimeria raviana (Poaceae: Panicoideae), a new species from Southern Western Ghats, India

Department of Botany, Sree Narayana College, Cherthala, S. N. Puram P.O., Alappuzha - 688 582, Kerala, India.
Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh - 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh - 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Andropogoneae Dimeriinae Endemic species Kerala

Abstract

Dimeria raviana, a new species of Poaceae from the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India is described and illustrated. It closely resembles D. fuscescens, but strikingly differs in having a flattened and winged raceme rachis of 1.0–1.25 mm in width with smooth margins.