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A new species and a new variety of Glyphochloa (Poaceae) from the Western Ghats of India

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A new species, Glyphochloa maharashtraensis, and a new variety, Glyphochloa maharasthraensis var. hirsuta are described and illustrated from the Western Ghats of India.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr J. F. Veldkamp, National Herbarium of the Netherlands, University of Leiden branch, for the Latin diagnoses, Dr M. K. Janarthanam, Department of Botany, Goa University for confirmation of identity of the plant and the Head of Institution, Shivaji University, Kolhapur for providing laboratory facilities. The first author thanks the Principal, Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, Karad for laboratory facilities and the University Grants Commission, WRO, Poona for financial assistance.

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  1. Department of Botany, Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science, Karad, Vidyanagar, Dist., Satara, - 415 124, Maharashtra, India

    G. G. Potdar

  2. Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416 004, Maharashtra, India

    S. R. Yadav

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Potdar, G.G., Yadav, S.R. A new species and a new variety of Glyphochloa (Poaceae) from the Western Ghats of India. Kew Bull 66, 625–628 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9301-0

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