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New Distributional Record of the Rare Endemic Species Dichanthium woodrowii (Poaceae) for Gujarat, India

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Dichanthium woodrowii (Hook. f.) S.K. Jain & Deshp. (Poaceae) is an endemic species known only from few localities of Maharashtra State. During floristic survey of Kachchh in 2015, D. woodrowii were collected for first time from Gujarat State. The detailed description, photography and field note of D. woodrowii provided for their easy identification.

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Authors are thankful to Mr. R. V. Asari, Director and Dr. V. Vijay Kumar, Additional Director, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Bhuj, Kachchh (GJ), India for providing facilities; KVCG to Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi for financial assistance (File No.:- SB/FT/LS-130–/2012), under DST Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme.

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Patel, R.M., Dabgar, Y.B. & Gosavi, K.V.C. New Distributional Record of the Rare Endemic Species Dichanthium woodrowii (Poaceae) for Gujarat, India. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 42, 71–73 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-018-0675-5

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