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Issue: Vol. 609 No. 1: 17 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.609.1.2
Page range: 10-16
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Poa sorengiana (Poaceae): a new species from Western Himalaya, India

Tomsk State University; Laboratory of Phylogeny and Systematics; Leninst. 36; Tomsk; 634050; Russia
North Eastern Hill University; Shillong-793022; Meghalaya; India
Monocots Uttarakhand Poaceae New Species Stenopoa

Abstract

Poa sorengiana,a new species from Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya is described and illustrated. Morphologically, it is somewhat similar to P. nemoralis and P. orinosa but differs from both with unique combination of main qualitative characteristics.

 

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