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Issue: Vol. 494 No. 1: 31 March 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.11
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

Agrostis barikii (Poaceae: Agrostidinae), a new grass species from Western Himalaya, India

Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, India–201002
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, India–201002
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Abstract

A newly discovered species of the genus Agrostis from Western Himalaya is here described and illustrated. The new species, Agrostis barikii, is considered as a member of Agrostis pilosula group and morphologically closely allied to Agrostis griffithiana by its palea 2/3 the length of the lemma and well-developed awn. However, they differ from the latter by means of the shape of the ligule, length of the lower glume, apex of the lemma, and size of anthers. Data on distribution, habitat and phenology is given along with a photo plate and an illustration.