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A New Species of Bamboo from India


     

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A bamboo species new to to seience, Dendrocalamus sahnii Naithanl&Babadur, is deseribed from Subansiri district, Arunachal pradesh, India. It Is allied to Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. Ex Munro, but differs In having much thinner culms, toothed or fimbriate ligule of culm sheaths, larger spikelet, yellow anthers with a short hairy point and a single stigma. The taxon Is dedicated to Prof. K.C. Sahni, Ex-Forest Botanist and Director Biological Reaearch (Retd.), Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun.
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A bamboo species new to to seience, Dendrocalamus sahnii Naithanl&Babadur, is deseribed from Subansiri district, Arunachal pradesh, India. It Is allied to Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees et Arn. Ex Munro, but differs In having much thinner culms, toothed or fimbriate ligule of culm sheaths, larger spikelet, yellow anthers with a short hairy point and a single stigma. The taxon Is dedicated to Prof. K.C. Sahni, Ex-Forest Botanist and Director Biological Reaearch (Retd.), Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra Dun.