Bioscience Discovery, Volume 10, Number 3, Page Number 126-128, Month & Year: July - 2019

Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Hebert (Family: Hypoxidaceae) – A new addition 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.
*E-mail: [email protected]

Article Info

 

Abstract

Received: 26-04-2019,
Revised: 20-06-2019,
Accepted: 22-06-2019

Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Hebert, an angiosperm species from shady and damp places near the forest edge, belongs to family Hypoxidaceaeis reported as a new distributional record to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Keywords:
Angiosperm, Hypoxidaceae, new distributional record, Little Nicobar Island.

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How to cite this article
Apurba Kumar Das and C. Sivaperuman, 2019. Molineria capitulata (Lour.) Hebert (Family: Hypoxidaceae) – A new addition to the flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Bioscience Discovery, 10(3):126-128.

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