Tripogon cope (Poaceae: Chloridoideae), a new species supported by morphometric analysis and a synopsis of Tripogon in India

Systematic Botany

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-701

  Newmaster, Steven G ^a   Balasubramaniam, Velusamy ^b   Murugesan, Maruthakkutti ^b   Ragupathy, Subramanyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Endemism; India; Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve; Poaceae; Tripogon

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDOIDEAE; POACEAE; TRIPOGON;

EID: 57149109614     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364408786500253     Document Type: Article

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