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VOL. 10, ISSUE 10 (2025)
Distribution and key to Eragrostis Wolf species from Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India
Authors
Mayur D. Narkhede, A N Deore
Abstract

Buldhana is one of the 11 districts of Vidarbha. It includes 13 tehsils, flora of Buldhana district has been already studied by Diwakar and Sharma (2000) [7, 20] he reported 4 species. Information of grasses is essential for scientific study of natural resources of area. Many of the man’s needs such as food, medicine, agricultural crops and fodder for cattle are met by grasses. Industries like textile and paper depend on grasses as their raw materials.

During last 24 year no survey was conducted of study area. Survey of grasses conducted during 2020 to 2025 revealed 92 species belonging to 46 genera. During collection field diary has been maintained. Field characters such as density, frequency, height, habitat, etc. were recorded. After collection specimens were dried with the help of plant presser. After drying specimens were mounted on herbarium sheets by stiching. After preparation of herbarium all specimens were observed under stereoscopic binocular microscope. Spikelets were dissected, glumes, lemmas, palea were observed; specimens were identified with the help of standard floras i.e. Grasses of Maharashtra by Dr. G. G. Potdar et al., Grasses of Marathawada by Dr. B. W. Patunkar, Flora of Marathawada by Dr. V. N. Naik, Flora of British India by Hooker, and all available literature. After identification all the specimens were discribed on the basis of actual specimens, during description all the vegetative as well as floral characters were covered. Eragrostis is largest genus of study area. It has 12 species which belong to subfamily Pooideae and tribe Eragrosteae. The aim of our investigation is to study Morphotaxonomic revision of family Poaceae. It focuses on details of macro and micro morphology of some species of Eragrostis.
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Pages:52-55
How to cite this article:
Mayur D. Narkhede, A N Deore "Distribution and key to Eragrostis Wolf species from Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 10, Issue 10, 2025, Pages 52-55
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