Grass-3: Eragrostis gangetica

Vijayasankar

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7 Dec 2010, 3:32:22 pm07/12/10

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Eragrostis gangetica.

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
National Center for Natural Products Research
Thad Cochran Research Center
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677
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Gurcharan Singh

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7 Dec 2010, 3:59:21 pm07/12/10

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Nice plant of Eragrostis. We have several species in Delhi, I have uploaded two for ID. Any idea?

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

Pankaj Kumar

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7 Dec 2010, 4:39:53 pm07/12/10

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Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(3): 266. 1854.

Basionym:
Poa gangetica Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 8. 1814.

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Pankaj

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