Poaceae
Mnesithea

Mnesithea veldkampii Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav

First published in Kew Bull. 59: 629 (2004 publ. 2005)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India (Maharashtra). It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lekhak, M.M. & Yadav, S.R. (2012). Herbacious vegetation of threatened high altitude lateritic plateau ecosystems of Western Ghats, southwestern Maharashtra, India. Rheedea 22: 39-61.

Kew Bulletin

  • Bor, N. L. (1960). Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S. K., Nayar, M. P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocot- yledonae. Flora of India Series 4. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Moulik, S. (1997). The Grasses and Bamboos of India. Vol. I. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.
  • Sharma, B. D., Karthikeyan, S. & Singh, N. P. (1996). Flora of Maharashtra State. Flora of India Series 2. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Veldkamp, J. F., de Koning, R. & Sosef, M. S. M. (1986). Generic delimitation of Rottboellia and related genera (Gramineae). Blumea 31: 281 - 307.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Lekhak, M.M. & Yadav, S.R. (2012). Herbacious vegetation of threatened high altitude lateritic plateau ecosystems of Western Ghats, southwestern Maharashtra, India. Rheedea 22: 39-61.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Yadav, S.R. [1466] India K001057025 Isotype Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0