The oat-like grass Trisetopsis aspera (Munro ex Thwaites) Röser & A.Wölk (Poaceae): a new record for the flora of central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

Abstract

For the documentation of grasses in the central Western Ghats of Karnataka, we have conducted the extensive field surveys by using random sampling method from 2017 to 2020. During this survey we have collected some grass specimens from the shola grassland, which forms the new distributional record of Trisetopsis aspera (Munro ex Thwaites) Roser & A. Wolk to the flora of central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India from the montane high- lands of Baba Budangiri hills of Chikkamagaluru District.

Capillipedium parviflorum and Hemisorghum venustum (Andropogoneane: Poaceae): Occurrence in India, notes on identity and typification

“…After critical investigation, scrutiny of relevant literature (Bhat, 2014; Clayton, 1972; Deshpande, 1984; Potdar et al., 2012; Robert, 1810; Stapf, 1917; Thwaites, 1864), comparison with the type material and consultation of various herbaria (ASSAM, BM, BSI, BSA, E, FR, HT, JSTOR, K, MO, PDA, W) we conclude that the above mentioned reports by Salunkhe (1995), Potdar et al. (2012) and Abhijit and Krishnamurthy (2019) are misidentifications of Hemisorghum venustum as Capillipedium parviflorum . Scrutiny of the above records reveal that the specimen belongs to H. venustum , which is already reported from Karnataka by Bhat (2014) and from Maharashtra by Potdar et al.…”

“…Salunkhe (1995) and Potdar et al. (2012) reported Capillipedium parviflorum from Maharashtra and Abhijit and Krishnamurthy (2019) reported C. parviflorum from Karnataka. A critical examination of these three records revealed that the specimens, description, illustration, and images of C. parviflorum did not match with the original description in the protolog and live specimens collected by us from reported locality.…”

“…Additionally, Capillipedium parviflorum was collected from Panchgani‐Maharashtra ( Shaikh Tarbej YCCSK 2172). Morphological investigations of these specimens revealed their identity as Hemisorghum venustum [ Salunkhe 8237 SUK!, Shaikh Tarbej YCCSK 1881 SUK!, images in Abhijit & Krishnamurthy, 2019] and Capillipedium parviflorum [ Shaikh Tarbej YCCSK 1876 SUK!, Shaikh Tarbej YCCSK 2172 SUK!]. The morphological variations within the species are depicted in Table 1 and Figure 1.…”