Acharya Balkrishna, Bhasker Joshi, Ved Priya Arya, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Anupam Srivastava,
Amit Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, Inam Mohammed

Email: bhaskar.joshi@patanjali.res.in

Abstract: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst.­ a member of family Poaceae, is reported and described here as a new distributional record to the flora of Bihar. A detailed taxonomic description along with phenology and distribution of species is provided here to aid field identification.

Key Words: Bihar, Poaceae, New Record, River Ganga.

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