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Grasses of Nallamala Forests- 2

New Records and Observations of Grasses species in Nallamala forests, Eastern Ghats, India

  1. *Panicum nallamalayensis
  2. *Digitaria nallamalayensis

Panicum nallamalayensis

A geniculately ascending grass found on stream courses; found at stream crossing near leopard forest base camp Nandyal division; inflorescence paniculate with branches bearing contracted branchlets having dense spikelets with cuspidate lower glume. – probably new to science.

Digitaria nallamalayensis

A dwarf trailing grass with 2-3 digitate racemes with very small closely arranged hairy spikelets; seen growing on roadside rocky slope on return from GBM sanctuary base camps to Leopard base camp, Nandyal Division. – Probably new to science.

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