Two New Species of Bamboos from India

H.B. Naithani; Manish K. Kandwal

doi:10.36808/if/2025/v151i4/170639

Two New Species of Bamboos from India

Authors

H.B. Naithani Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
Manish K. Kandwal Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i4/170639

Keywords:

Arunachal Pradesh, Bambusoideae, Bambusa lepchaena, Bambusa sharednegiana, New species dicsovery, Poaceae, Taxonomy, Uttarakhand.

Abstract

Two new species of bamboos belonging to the genus Bambusa Schreber are described from Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in India.

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