Volume 10 Number 2 (April 2019)


Bioscience Discovery, 10(2):58-60, April - 2019

A new family record Molluginaceae (Caryophyllales) to the flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Apurba Kumar Das* and C. Sivaperuman

Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair-744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
*[email protected]

Article info
Received: 16-02-2019,
Revised: 22-03-2019,
Accepted: 26-03-2019


Abstract

One angiosperm species Mollugo nudicaulis Lam., from sandy plains of southern coast, belongs to family Molluginaceae is reported as new distributional record for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Keywords
Molluginaceae, Angiosperm, new distributional record, Great Nicobar Island.


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Apurba Kumar Das and C. Sivaperuman, 2019. A new family record Molluginaceae (Caryophyllales) to the flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Bioscience Discovery, 10(2):58-60.

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