Occurrence of Bamboo Genus Gigantochloa in India and a New Species
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Bamboo, Gigantochloa, New species, IndiaAbstract
Bamboo genus Gigantochloa was created by Kurz in 1864. Later, Munro in 1868 validly published it. Total 65 species under the genus are known from the world and 13 species are reported from India, out of which 5 species are found in India. Rest all are erroneously reported. A species new to the science is described here.
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