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Hook f. (1896: 194)
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(hic designatus): 
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“Peninsula Ind. Orientalis”. 
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barcode 
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[digital image!], available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/ 
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: 
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(E barcode E00393724 [digital image!], available at https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00393724.
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: 
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described 
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(≡ 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5FFF80FBB1F9832565F992" box="[1063,1319,1567,1593]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="47">Andropogon velutinus</emphasis>
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) based on specimens from Wight’s Herbarium. He mentioned the designation ‘ 
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, in Herb. 
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n. 2314,’ most probably collected from the Cuddapah district of 
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by Robert 
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<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5FFF80FF2BF9332268F8D6" blockId="1.[136,1452,1422,2061]" pageId="1" pageNumber="47">We were able to locate two of Wight’s specimens corresponding to the collection number ‘n. 2314’ at the K (K000245643) and E (E00393724) herbaria. These specimens were collected from the Cuddapah district (Kadapa district). The specimen at K is accompanied by supportive illustrations of the spikelet parts, aiding in identification. It is a complete plant specimen exhibiting all the necessary morphological characters for accurate species identification. On the other hand, the material at E consists of a single complete specimen and a couple of fragments, but it does not have any accompanying illustrations.</paragraph>
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Since these specimens are duplicates from which neither Hooker indicated a 
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according to Art 9.6 (
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Turland 
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2018
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). We have selected the specimen at K as the 
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for the name 
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,
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and its duplicate at E is considered an isolectotype.
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Ramakrishna 
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: 
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November–January.
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FF2BFE96210DFE8F" bold="true" box="[189,335,266,292]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Distribution</emphasis>
: 
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, 
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, 
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and Telangana states in Peninsular 
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. Hitherto, it is endemic to Peninsular 
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.
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FF2BFECE2127FEC7" bold="true" box="[189,357,338,364]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Threat Status</emphasis>
: 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FEFAFECE21CAFEC7" bold="true" box="[364,392,338,364]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">—</emphasis>
According to 
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Rao 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FDF4FECF22DCFEC7" box="[610,670,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">et al.</emphasis>
(2003)
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FD6BFECE2446FEC7" box="[765,1028,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
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is observed as an Endangered (EN) species but to which category of threat it belongs is still not clear because of lack of information on population size, decline or disappearance. Thus, it was treated as ‘Indeterminate (I)’ in their assessment.
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Specimens Examined (
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FE5CFE222296FE72" bold="true" box="[458,724,446,473]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
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fort hill, 
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, 
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&amp; 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FD3DFD9A22BDFD8B" box="[683,767,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">007977</emphasis>
(
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) [
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. 
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<collectingMunicipality id="0278AC881A5CFF83FB89FD9A24D6FD8B" box="[1055,1172,518,544]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Gandikota</collectingMunicipality>
hill, 
<location id="E77C60291A5CFF83FB5AFD9A257CFD8B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6A0A87E41A5FFF89FF1EFAD12121F817:E77C60291A5CFF83FB5AFD9A257CFD8B" box="[1228,1342,518,544]" country="India" municipality="Gandikota" name="Cuddapah" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" stateProvince="Andhra Pradesh">Cuddapah</location>
[Kadapa] district, 
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<collectingDate id="8659E9DA1A5CFF83FF72FDB621DCFDEF" box="[228,414,554,580]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" value="2022-09">September 2022</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FD39FDB72297FDEF" box="[687,725,555,580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">s.n.</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="84B2AE371A5CFF83FD73FDB62370FDEF" box="[741,818,554,580]" country="India" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14153" name="St. Xavier's College" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" type="Herbarium">BLAT</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FCD2FDB62385FDEF" bold="true" box="[836,967,554,580]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A5CFF83FCD2FDB62385FDEF" box="[836,967,554,580]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
, in open scrub hills near 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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&amp; 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FD67FDD32327FDC3" box="[753,869,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">KFP 3539</emphasis>
(
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)
</materialsCitation>
. 
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<collectingMunicipality id="0278AC881A5CFF83FC28FDD2244EFDC3" box="[958,1036,590,616]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Ukkad</collectingMunicipality>
, 
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[Belagavi district], 
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, SDM 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FF69FDEE2107FD27" box="[255,325,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">29943</emphasis>
(
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) [
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. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FDF1FDEE22D6FD27" box="[615,660,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">
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</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FD37FDEE228AFD27" box="[673,712,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">s.d.</emphasis>
, SDM 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FC8EFDEE231CFD27" box="[792,862,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">24997</emphasis>
(
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) [
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</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="52CB3CAF1A5CFF83FB17FDEE22B1FD1B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4406497305" collectingDate="1975-11-06" collectionCode="BSI" collectorName="N. P. Singh" country="India" location="Chitradurga district" municipality="Molakalmuru" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Karnataka">
<collectingMunicipality id="0278AC881A5CFF83FB17FDEE255EFD27" box="[1153,1308,626,652]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Molakalmuru</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="E77C60291A5CFF83FAB0FDEE209BFD1B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6A0A87E41A5FFF89FF1EFAD12121F817:E77C60291A5CFF83FAB0FDEE209BFD1B" country="India" municipality="Molakalmuru" name="Chitradurga district" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" stateProvince="Karnataka">Chitradurga district</location>
, 
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<collectingDate id="8659E9DA1A5CFF83FF71FD0A21F8FD1A" box="[231,442,662,689]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" value="1975-11-06">6 November 1975</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FDC1FD0A22E9FD1B" box="[599,683,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">141436</emphasis>
(
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)
</materialsCitation>
2 preparations. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FC27FD0A2412FD1B" bold="true" box="[945,1104,662,688]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">
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</emphasis>
, 
<collectingCounty id="0B7D4E7E1A5CFF83FBC9FD0A2543FD1B" box="[1119,1281,662,688]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Agashiva Hill</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="0278AC881A5CFF83FA86FD0A2515FD1B" box="[1296,1367,662,688]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Karad</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="E77C60291A5CFF83FAF3FD0A209BFD7F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6A0A87E41A5FFF89FF1EFAD12121F817:E77C60291A5CFF83FAF3FD0A209BFD7F" country="India" county="Agashiva Hill" municipality="Karad" name="Satara district" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" stateProvince="Maharashtra">Satara district</location>
, 
<date id="961D10321A5CFF83FF72FD2621E1FD7E" box="[228,419,698,725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" value="2005-10-25">
<collectingDate id="8659E9DA1A5CFF83FF72FD2621E1FD7E" box="[228,419,698,725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48" value="2005-10-25">25 October 2005</collectingDate>
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, 
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2301 (
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7 preparations.
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FF1EF85C2153F871" bold="true" box="[136,273,1984,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Varying habitats of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FE79F85C22B3F871" box="[495,753,1984,2010]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
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in Andhra Pradesh, South India. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FBC9F85C2431F871" bold="true" box="[1119,1139,1984,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">A</emphasis>
. Vertical quartzite rock face in Gandikota Hill. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FEC1F8792128F854" bold="true" box="[343,362,2021,2047]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">B</emphasis>
. Rock crevices and pot holes. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FD2FF878228FF855" bold="true" box="[697,717,2020,2046]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">C</emphasis>
. Scree slope near Penna River. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5CFF83FBBEF879247EF854" bold="true" box="[1064,1084,2021,2047]" pageId="2" pageNumber="48">D</emphasis>
. Dilapidated walls of Gooty fort. (Photography by: Mr. Shahid Nawaz &amp; Mr. Levis).
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<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF2BFF02253DFF77" blockId="3.[136,1451,158,221]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FF2BFF022166FF13" bold="true" box="[189,292,158,184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">Habitats</emphasis>
: 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FEBAFF02210AFF13" bold="true" box="[300,328,158,184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">—</emphasis>
It is typically found in rocky crevices and potholes on rock outcrops, scree slopes, old walls, and dry stony soil. In the Gandikota and Gooty fort hills, it is often associated with sandstone and quartzite rocks (
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).
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<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF9072515F91E" blockId="3.[136,1367,1691,1719]" box="[136,1367,1691,1719]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FF1EF9072148F91E" bold="true" box="[136,266,1691,1717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. Lectotype of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FE3BF90722F2F91E" box="[429,688,1691,1717]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
(Hook f.) Bor.
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(© The Board of Trustees of the RBG, Kew).
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<subSubSection id="AAB965791A5DFF85FF1EF97F25E8FEEF" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="50" pageId="3" pageNumber="49" type="key">
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF97F2369F956" blockId="3.[136,811,1762,1789]" box="[136,811,1762,1789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FF1EF97F2369F956" bold="true" box="[136,811,1762,1789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">
Key to the closely allied species to 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FDB6F97E2369F956" bold="true" box="[544,811,1762,1789]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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1. Habit of the plant wiry and straggling; basal sheaths characteristically silky white or with spreading creamish cottony indumentum................................................................................... 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FCD5F8D823E9F8F1" bold="true" box="[835,939,1860,1882]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">C. aucheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(predominantly a desert species in North West 
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)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF8FD25E9F83F" blockId="3.[136,1452,1831,2083]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">1. Habit of the plant erect; basal sheaths glabrous at the most, puberulous but devoid of silky white or spreading creamish indumentum.......................................................................................................................................................2 (non desert species)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF80725E9F81B" blockId="3.[136,1452,1831,2083]" box="[136,1451,1947,1969]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">2. Upper glume of the sessile spikelet glabrous .....................................................................................................................................3</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF82425E9F866" blockId="3.[136,1452,1831,2083]" box="[136,1451,1975,1997]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">
3. Pedicel almost half as long as the sessile spikelet.............................................................................................................. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FAD6F82B25E9F866" bold="true" box="[1344,1451,1975,1997]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">C. hackelii</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF84825E9F841" blockId="3.[136,1452,1831,2083]" box="[136,1451,2004,2026]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">
3. Pedicel consistently shorter than half as long as the sessile spikelet ............................................................................. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5DFF82FABDF84825E9F841" bold="true" box="[1323,1451,2004,2026]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">C. serrulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5DFF82FF1EF86D25E9F788" blockId="3.[136,1452,1831,2083]" pageId="3" pageNumber="49">2. Upper glume of the sessile spikelet pectinate-ciliate (indumentum variable in colour from Brownish, Reddish Brown to Yellowish Brown)................................................................................................................................................................................................4</paragraph>
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4. Whole plant is puberulous; keel of the leaf sheath prominently ridged as if minutely winged, densely hispid (with unidirectional bulbous based trichomes) throughout the length; leaf blade broad and open, apex always acuminate; pedicelled spikelet always ex-aristate, and its lower glume with 2–3 rows of distinct brownish hairs ...................................................................... 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FAA2FF4525E9FF45" bold="true" box="[1332,1451,216,238]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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4. Whole plant is by and large glabrous; sheath terete, if at all keeled then glabrous; leaf blade mostly narrow and conduplicated, apex blunt to acuminate; pedicelled spikelets usually distinctly aristate (sometimes ex-aristate), lower glume glabrous to densely pubescent throughout but never with distinct rows................................................................................................ 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FB60FEB325E8FEEF" bold="true" box="[1270,1450,303,325]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FB60FEB3250DFEEE" bold="true" box="[1270,1359,303,325]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">C. fulvus</emphasis>
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complex
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FF1EF891214FF88C" bold="true" box="[136,269,1805,1831]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. Morphological characters of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FDFDF8912333F88C" box="[619,881,1805,1831]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FC14F89123D4F88C" bold="true" box="[898,918,1805,1831]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">A</emphasis>
. Habit. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FC60F891244BF88C" bold="true" box="[1014,1033,1805,1831]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">B</emphasis>
. Basal portion. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FB55F8912495F88C" bold="true" box="[1219,1239,1805,1831]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">C</emphasis>
. Inflorescence. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FA06F89125E6F88C" bold="true" box="[1424,1444,1805,1831]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">D</emphasis>
. Spiciform-raceme. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FEC9F8AD2130F8E0" bold="true" box="[351,370,1841,1867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">E</emphasis>
. Spikelet with nerves not ribbed: 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FD74F8AD2341F8E0" bold="true" box="[738,771,1841,1867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">E1</emphasis>
. Pedicelled spikelet showing the lower glume. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FA9CF8AD2568F8E0" bold="true" box="[1290,1322,1841,1867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">E2</emphasis>
. Pedicelled spikelet showing the upper glume. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FD98F8C9226DF8C4" bold="true" box="[526,559,1877,1903]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">E3</emphasis>
. Lateral view of the sessile spikelet. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FC5CF8C923A9F8C4" bold="true" box="[970,1003,1877,1903]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">E4</emphasis>
. Lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet (two rows of hairs). 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FEF1F8E521CAF838" bold="true" box="[359,392,1913,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">E5</emphasis>
. Lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet (three rows of hairs). 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FBA0F8E52405F838" bold="true" box="[1078,1095,1913,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">F</emphasis>
. Pedicelled spikelet with nerves ribbed. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FF76F80120B4F81C" bold="true" box="[224,246,1949,1975]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">G</emphasis>
. Velvety pubescence on the culm and node. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FD60F801234EF81C" bold="true" box="[758,780,1949,1975]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">H</emphasis>
. Young keeled-sheath with distinct processes on the ridge. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FF1EF85D20D1F870" bold="true" box="[136,147,1985,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">I</emphasis>
. Old keeled-sheath with weak processes on the ridge. (Based on Shahid Nawaz Landge 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FBEEF85E24DCF870" box="[1144,1182,1986,2011]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">s.n.</emphasis>
at BLAT &amp; N. P. Singh 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5AFF85FF1EF879209EF854" box="[136,220,2021,2047]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="50">141436</emphasis>
at BSI). (Photography by: Mr. Shahid Nawaz)
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="AAB965791A5BFF86FF1EFF0221B5FB97" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" type="description">
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5BFF84FF1EFF022218FF12" blockId="5.[136,602,158,185]" box="[136,602,158,185]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FF1EFF022218FF12" bold="true" box="[136,602,158,185]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
Identification of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FED9FF022218FF12" bold="true" box="[335,602,158,185]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5BFF84FF1EFF7B2150FE57" blockId="5.[136,1452,230,977]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A5BFF84FF1EFF7B214AFEAB" author="Bor, N. L." box="[136,264,230,257]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" refId="ref4996" refString="Bor, N. L. (1960) The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae). Pergamon Press, London, 119 pp." type="book" year="1960">Bor (1960)</bibRefCitation>
used puberulous leaves as a distinguishing character between 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FC7CFF7A24B0FEAB" box="[1002,1266,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A5BFF84FAA7FF7B2112FE8F" authority="Stapf (1907: 211)" authorityName="Stapf" authorityPageNumber="211" authorityYear="1907" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aucheri">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FAA7FF7B25EEFEAB" box="[1329,1452,230,257]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. aucheri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A5BFF84FF1EFE962112FE8F" author="Stapf, O." box="[136,336,266,292]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" pagination="203 - 228" refId="ref6152" refString="Stapf, O. (1907) The grasses of British Somaliland. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information 6: 203 - 228." type="journal article" year="1907">Stapf (1907: 211)</bibRefCitation>
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. He differentiated the former from the latter by stating, “Basal sheaths villous, compressed, keeled; peduncle glabrous below the panicle.” However, there is doubt regarding this key. The basal sheaths of 
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A5BFF84FAB2FEB325E9FEE3" box="[1316,1451,302,329]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinus">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FAB2FEB325E9FEE3" box="[1316,1451,302,329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are compressed and keeled, but they are never villous, and the peduncle is not glabrous. The character of the villous sheath is more applicable to 
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A5BFF84FE54FEEB227AFE3B" authorityName="Stapf" authorityYear="1907" box="[450,568,374,401]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aucheri">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FE54FEEB227AFE3B" box="[450,568,374,401]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. aucheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but even in that species, the sheaths can be both terete and compressed (at least the lowest ones). The complete plant of 
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A5BFF84FDDEFE07228FFE1F" box="[584,717,410,437]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinus">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FDDEFE07228FFE1F" box="[584,717,410,437]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is velvety pubescent (
<figureCitation id="7A982A771A5BFF84FC50FE062448FE1F" box="[966,1034,410,436]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[136,245,1805,1831]" captionTargetBox="[306,1280,347,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-118@4.[306,1280,347,1781]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Morphological characters of Chrysopogon velutinus. A. Habit. B. Basal portion. C. Inflorescence. D. Spiciform-raceme. E. Spikelet with nerves not ribbed: E1. Pedicelled spikelet showing the lower glume. E2. Pedicelled spikelet showing the upper glume. E3. Lateral view of the sessile spikelet. E4. Lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet (two rows of hairs). E5. Lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet (three rows of hairs). F. Pedicelled spikelet with nerves ribbed. G. Velvety pubescence on the culm and node. H. Young keeled-sheath with distinct processes on the ridge. I. Old keeled-sheath with weak processes on the ridge. (Based on Shahid Nawaz Landge s.n. at BLAT &amp; N. P. Singh 141436 at BSI). (Photography by: Mr. Shahid Nawaz)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8308751" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8308751/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FB89FE062551FE1F" box="[1055,1299,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon aucheri</emphasis>
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has a distinct habit and is primarily a desert species found in North-West 
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, which should not be confused with 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FA91FE2325CCFE73" box="[1287,1422,446,473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. velutinus</emphasis>
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in South 
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5BFF84FF2BFD9A2563FD7E" blockId="5.[136,1452,230,977]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
At the BSI herbarium, 
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of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FD36FD9A23E7FD8B" box="[672,933,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
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were found, all from the state of 
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. Two (
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FF5DFDB72147FDEE" box="[203,261,555,581]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">SDM</emphasis>
29943 &amp; 
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24997) were previously identified as 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FCF1FDB723B5FDEF" box="[871,1015,555,581]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. montanus</emphasis>
Trin.
</taxonomicName>
[synonym of 
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], and the remaining two (
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FEADFDD321F5FDC3" box="[315,439,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">N. P. Singh</emphasis>
141436) were identified as 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FD67FDD32321FDC3" box="[753,867,590,617]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. hackeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
i (Hook f. 1896: 194) C. E. C. Fischer (1935: 1739). It is highly likely that these specimens were misidentified as either species. The best way to differentiate 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FA82FDEE20AFFD1B" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
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from other closely allied species is by the presence of two or three rows of brownish hairs on the lower glume of the muticous pedicelled spikelet, as well as the overall pubescence or velvety texture of all plant parts.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5BFF84FF2BFD43232AFC7B" blockId="5.[136,1452,230,977]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
In 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FF4DFD42219FFD53" box="[219,477,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the pedicelled spikelets are characteristically ex-aristate, with very small pedicels (less than half the length of the sessile spikelet), while the sessile spikelets are slightly longer than the pedicelled ones. The nerves on the lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet are sometimes distinctly ribbed and scabrous with processes, otherwise not ribbed but minutely scabrid (
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). The character of the laterally compressed sheaths is highly unique, with the keel of the sheath appearing like a distinct ridge on which trichome-like hairs are positioned, best observed in young sheaths (
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). It is possible for it to be mistaken for forms of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FC5AFC0F2473FC07" box="[972,1073,914,941]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. fulvus</emphasis>
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in which pedicelled spikelets are ex-aristate, but they can be distinguished as mentioned in the key.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FF1EFC622426FBB3" bold="true" box="[136,1124,1022,1049]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
A brief note on the 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FEFBFC622215FBB2" bold="true" box="[365,599,1022,1049]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and its affinities with allied species
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5BFF84FF1EFBDA230EF90B" blockId="5.[136,1452,1094,1985]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
The character of distichous leaves shows high flexibility among species in the genus 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FBAAFBDA2491FBCB" box="[1084,1235,1094,1120]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We have observed that species found in drier habitats tend to have shorter internodes along the culms and shorter leaves densely arranged in a plume-like fashion, following a distichous pattern. The first author collected intriguing materials of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FA82FB1225E9FB03" box="[1300,1451,1166,1192]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Visakhapatnam in the state of 
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(
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). The vegetative features of these specimens closely resemble those of an Afro-Arabian taxon, 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FE7AFB4B2369FB5B" box="[492,811,1238,1265]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. aucheri var. quinueplumis</emphasis>
Stapf
</taxonomicName>
[
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FCECFB4B23A8FB5B" box="[890,1002,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">sensu lato</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FC79FB4B24CCFB5B" box="[1007,1166,1238,1265]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. plumulosus</emphasis>
Hochst.
</taxonomicName>
], but they exhibit floral features of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FEDFFB6721EEFABF" box="[329,428,1274,1301]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In this form, the leaves are numerous, variable in color from purplish to reddish and green. They are short and densely clustered; resembling feathers on a plume, followed by distinct interruptions of wiry and slender culms fastigiately branched. Branches are laterally compressed; sheaths are laterally compressed, glabrous, or ciliate with bulbous-based trichomes. Blades conduplicate, apices blunt, margin with bulbous-based trichomes towards the base. Inflorescence is short, measuring 
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long, purplish, or yellowish. The sessile spikelet is 
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(including the callus), and anthers of the upper floret are approximately 
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. Interestingly, in some subsets of the population of this plant, stolons are evident and also branching from the lower nodes on the culms. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FA82FA4E214AF9BB" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon plumulosus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FDA2FA6B22DAF9BB" box="[564,664,1526,1553]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
primarily by the length of the pedicel in relation to the sessile spikelet. In 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FF31F987210AF99F" box="[167,328,1562,1589]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. plumulosus</emphasis>
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, the pedicel of the pedicelled spikelet is more than half the length of the sessile spikelet and keel of the upper glume of the sessile spikelet is glabrous. Conversely, in 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FCEDF9A323A2F9F3" box="[891,992,1598,1625]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the pedicel of the pedicelled spikelet is notably short in all the variable forms, practically less than half the length of the sessile spikelet and keel of the upper glume of the sessile spikelet characteristically penicillate hairy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A5BFF84FF2BF9362442F86A" blockId="5.[136,1452,1094,1985]" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A5BFF84FF2BF9362291F96F" authority="Hochst. ex A. Rich" authorityName="A. Rich" box="[189,723,1706,1733]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="quinqueplumis">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FF2BF93621BDF96F" box="[189,511,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">Chrysopogon quinqueplumis</emphasis>
Hochst. ex A. Rich
</taxonomicName>
is a species with a complex taxonomic history that has bewildered even prominent agrostologists since Hackel. 
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treated it as a 
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<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A5BFF84FBF4F95325E9F943" authority="Stapf (1907: 211)" authorityName="Stapf" authorityPageNumber="211" authorityYear="1907" box="[1122,1451,1742,1769]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aucheri">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FBF4F9532499F943" box="[1122,1243,1742,1769]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. aucheri</emphasis>
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due to many shared similarities, most importantly the villous basal sheath and keel of the upper glume of the sessile spikelet glabrous. Based on one of the implied collections from 
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, which he called the forms of this species, he described a new variety, 
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, closely related to 
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var. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FC36F8A62407F8FF" box="[928,1093,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">quinqueplumis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 1917. This particular 
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very short, densely clumped leaves forming a cushion-like structure on slender culms rising up from the ground. Furthermore, he mentioned that 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FE60F81F222CF837" box="[502,622,1922,1949]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. aucheri</emphasis>
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comprises several geographical races. The two varieties he discussed are inseparable from each other and are part of the complex species 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A5BFF84FCCFF83B23BBF86B" box="[857,1017,1958,1985]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="51">C. plumulosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A58FF87FF1EF8012148F81C" bold="true" box="[136,266,1949,1975]" pageId="6" pageNumber="52">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
. A form of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A58FF87FE1CF8012228F81C" box="[394,618,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="52">Chrysopogon fulvus</emphasis>
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from Andhra Pradesh, South India. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A58FF87FC6AF8012452F81C" bold="true" box="[1020,1040,1949,1975]" pageId="6" pageNumber="52">A</emphasis>
. Habit. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A58FF87FBFFF801243EF81C" bold="true" box="[1129,1148,1949,1975]" pageId="6" pageNumber="52">B</emphasis>
. Branched hypogeal culms with interrupted leaf clumps. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A58FF87FE72F85D21BAF870" bold="true" box="[484,504,1985,2011]" pageId="6" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
. Laterally compressed distichous leaves. 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A58FF87FC77F85D23B7F870" bold="true" box="[993,1013,1985,2011]" pageId="6" pageNumber="52">D</emphasis>
. Inflorescence. (Photography by: Mr. Shahid Nawaz).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BFF0320B6FE3B" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,1084]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
In 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FF4CFF0221FBFF13" box="[218,441,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon fulvus</emphasis>
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, as a whole, the leaves exhibit high variability, ranging from short, narrow, and conduplicate with blunt apices to long, wide, and open with acuminate apices. The basal sheath also varies from strongly distichous, broad, and slipping-off (vernicose when dry) to distichous, narrow, tightly clasping, and not vernicose.The inflorescence can vary in length from 3.0 to 
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, and the spikelets typically range in size from 4.0 to 7.0 mm. Spikelets may be glabrous or densely pubescent, showing intermediate forms as well. The pedicelled spikelets can be ex-aristate or aristate. The size of the panicle and the color of the spikelets vary widely, ranging from creamish and golden-yellowish to purple.
</paragraph>
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It is rare to find slender, branched hypogeal culms with rudimentary leaves in certain forms of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FA87FE072535FE1F" box="[1297,1399,410,437]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. fulvus</emphasis>
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that originate from areas with dried sandy soil or rocky habitats in 
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, resembling 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB07FE2325EEFE73" box="[1169,1452,446,473]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A59FF86FB07FE232570FE73" box="[1169,1330,446,473]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="plumulosus">C. plumulosus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBE4579B1A59FF86FAACFE2325EEFE73" box="[1338,1452,446,472]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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). A similar case was discussed by 
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for 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FC81FE7F23FAFE57" box="[791,952,482,509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. plumulosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The wide range of trait flexibility observed has led us to recognize 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FE1AFD9B21ADFD8B" box="[396,495,518,545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. fulvus</emphasis>
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as a taxonomic complex. The recently described 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB83FD9B24E7FD8B" box="[1045,1189,518,545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. shrirangii</emphasis>
Tarbej, Pooja &amp; Potdar (2020: 1)
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is also part of this complex superficially resembling our collected specimen (
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) but with more narrow blades. However, taxonomic distinction of this micro-species from 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FCEBFDD3244BFDC3" box="[893,1033,590,617]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBE4579B1A59FF86FC7FFDD2244BFDC3" box="[1001,1033,590,616]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" sensu="lato">s.l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is highly dubious due to the variable features used to differentiate it.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BFD0A2209FCEB" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,1084]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A59FF86FF2BFD0A21F1FD1B" authorityName="Stapf" authorityYear="1907" box="[189,435,662,688]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aucheri">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FF2BFD0A21F1FD1B" box="[189,435,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon aucheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a grass species known from drier regions of North Africa, Arabia, 
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, and North-West 
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, serves as a good example of a desert grass habit. A specimen from 
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, 
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“ 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB4EFD27251CFD7F" box="[1240,1374,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">W. N. Koelz</emphasis>
7635” housed at the 
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herbarium under the name of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FD3CFD432373FD53" box="[682,817,734,761]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is actually a good match for 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB15FD4324BEFD53" box="[1155,1276,734,761]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. aucheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is a densely tufted perennial grass with the basal sheaths being villous. 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FCB1FC9E246EFCB7" box="[807,1068,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to Peninsular 
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, it does not occur in 
<collectingCountry id="9AB476621A59FF86FED9FCBA21ECFCEB" box="[335,430,806,832]" name="Pakistan" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
or elsewhere.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BFCD621E9FC7B" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,1084]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A59FF86FF2BFCD6237EFCCF" authority="Blatter &amp; McCann (1928: 416)" authorityName="Blatter &amp; McCann" authorityPageNumber="416" authorityYear="1928" box="[189,828,842,868]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chrysopogon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="polyphyllus">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FF2BFCD6219EFCCF" box="[189,476,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon polyphyllus</emphasis>
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also exhibits distichous leaves, but in this case, the trait is more prominent, with culms and sheaths distinctly terete (only slightly compressed, especially at the base), and the sheaths strongly overlapping. The inflorescence of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FD43FC0F233BFC07" box="[725,889,914,941]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. polyphyllus</emphasis>
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is somewhat dense and pale-yellowish in colour exhibiting short branches.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BFC4721B5FB97" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,1084]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
We are preparing to discuss in detail the taxonomic complex of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FC1AFC46242CFC5F" box="[908,1134,986,1012]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in a separate article. It aims to provide a detailed explanation on all character variability of all the possible forms of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB19FC6324B7FBB3" box="[1167,1269,1022,1049]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
found in 
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. Currently, the work is underway.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AAB965791A59FF86FF1EFBF622DCF787" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FF1EFBF622F2FB2F" bold="true" box="[136,688,1130,1157]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
Distribution of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FED6FBF62209FB2E" bold="true" box="[320,587,1130,1157]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
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</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF1EFB2E2104FA2B" blockId="7.[136,1452,1202,2092]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
This grass species was initially described from the Cuddapah district of 
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. It is typically found in dry habitats associated with sandstone and quartzite rocky substrates. Besides the 
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locality, it has been reported from the neighboring states of 
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(Lakshminarasimhan 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FC81FB672312FABF" box="[791,848,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
2019), 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FBD5FB662553FABF" author="Potdar, G. G. &amp; Salunkhe, C. B. &amp; Yadav, S. R." box="[1091,1297,1274,1300]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref5766" refString="Potdar, G. G., Salunkhe, C. B. &amp; Yadav, S. R. (2012) Grasses of Maharashtra. Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 656 pp." type="book" year="2012">
Potdar 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB00FB672492FABF" box="[1174,1232,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
) and recently from Telangana (
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FEDEFA822221FA93" author="Ramakrishna, A. &amp; Sadasivaiah, B. &amp; Nagaraju, S. &amp; Babu Rao, N." box="[328,611,1310,1336]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" pagination="326 - 328" refId="ref5841" refString="Ramakrishna, A., Sadasivaiah, B., Ramadevi. G., Nagaraju, S. &amp; Babu Rao, N. (2022) Occurrence of Chrysopogon velutinus (Hook. f.) Bor (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in Eastern Ghats of Telangana. Nelumbo 64 (1): 326 - 328." type="journal article" year="2022">
Ramakrishna 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FE73FA83225DFA93" box="[485,543,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
2022
</bibRefCitation>
). It was not reported by (
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FCE9FA82244FFA93" author="Cooke, T." box="[895,1037,1310,1336]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref5066" refString="Cooke, T. (1908) The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, vol. 2. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, 965 pp." type="book" year="1908">Cooke 1908</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FB8FFA82256CFA92" author="Blatter, E. &amp; McCann, C." box="[1049,1326,1310,1337]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref4964" refString="Blatter, E. &amp; McCann, C. (1935) The Bombay Grasses. Scientific Monograph 5. Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, Dehra Dun, 324 pp." type="book" year="1935">Blatter &amp; McCann 1935</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FAACFA8325E5FA93" author="Bor, N. L." box="[1338,1447,1310,1337]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref4996" refString="Bor, N. L. (1960) The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae). Pergamon Press, London, 119 pp." type="book" year="1960">Bor 1960</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FF1EFADE2173FAF6" author="Salunkhe, C. B." box="[136,305,1346,1373]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref5994" refString="Salunkhe, C. B. (1995) Studies in grasses of South-Western Maharashtra. A Ph. D thesis submitted to Shivaji University Kolhapur, ined .." type="book" year="1995">Salunkhe 1995</bibRefCitation>
, &amp; 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FEC1FADE22F4FAF7" author="Lakshminarasimhan, P." box="[343,694,1346,1372]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref5538" refString="Lakshminarasimhan, P. (1996) Monocotyledones In: Sharma, B. D., Karthikeyan, S. &amp; Singh, N. P. (Eds.) Flora of Maharashtra State. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 513 pp." type="book" year="1996">
Lakshminarasimhan 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FDD6FADF223AFAF7" box="[576,632,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
1996
</bibRefCitation>
) in 
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. Thus far, all known reports of this species are from Peninsular 
<collectingCountry id="9AB476621A59FF86FE93FAFA2100FA2B" box="[261,322,1382,1408]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BFA1621CAF96E" blockId="7.[136,1452,1202,2092]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
According to 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FECEFA162275FA0F" author="Sajeev, K. K. &amp; Sasidharan, N. &amp; Augustine, J." box="[344,567,1418,1444]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" pagination="491 - 494" refId="ref5953" refString="Sajeev, K. K., Sasidharan, N. &amp; Augustine, J. (1998) New records of grasses from Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 22 (2): 491 - 494." type="journal article" year="1998">
Sajeev 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FE3CFA1721A1FA0F" box="[426,483,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
</bibRefCitation>
, 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FDD5FA162305FA0F" box="[579,839,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was reported for the first time outside its 
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locality from Churulippetti, Idukki district in 
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, based on the specimen “ 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FCEFFA3323ABFA63" box="[889,1001,1454,1481]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">KKS 1654</emphasis>
” likely deposited at the KFRI herbarium. Later, 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FF47FA4E21E3FA47" author="Sasidharan, N." box="[209,417,1490,1516]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref6023" refString="Sasidharan, N. (1999) Study on the flora of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. (KFRI Research Report 167), 342 pp. [http: // docs. kfri. res. in / KFRI-RR / KFRI-RR 167. pdf]" type="book" year="1999">Sasidharan (1999)</bibRefCitation>
, in his study on the flora of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, included 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB19FA4F2557FA47" box="[1167,1301,1490,1517]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the same specimen citation used by 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FE64FA6A2290F9BB" author="Sajeev, K. K. &amp; Sasidharan, N. &amp; Augustine, J." box="[498,722,1526,1552]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" pagination="491 - 494" refId="ref5953" refString="Sajeev, K. K., Sasidharan, N. &amp; Augustine, J. (1998) New records of grasses from Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 22 (2): 491 - 494." type="journal article" year="1998">
Sajeev 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FDD2FA6B223FF9BB" box="[580,637,1526,1552]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
</bibRefCitation>
. The former author provided a short description of this particular cited specimen in which certain key characters were highlighted as “Perennial... leaves 20 × 
<quantity id="255B9B171A59FF86FB1EF9862497F99E" box="[1160,1237,1562,1589]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" unit="cm" value="0.2">0.2 cm</quantity>
... sheath rounded.” However, 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FF6AF9A321C3F9F3" box="[252,385,1598,1625]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. velutinus</emphasis>
sensu Hook f.
</taxonomicName>
is an annual plant with broad leaves and a characteristically keeled sheath (
<figureCitation id="7A982A771A59FF86FAE5F9A220D4F9D7" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[136,245,1691,1717]" captionTargetBox="[259,1329,242,1667]" captionTargetId="figure-75@3.[259,1329,242,1667]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Lectotype of Chrysopogon velutinus (Hook f.) Bor. (© The Board of Trustees of the RBG, Kew)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8308747" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8308747/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
&amp; 
<figureCitation id="7A982A771A59FF86FF2CF9FE2088F9D7" box="[186,202,1634,1660]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[136,245,1805,1831]" captionTargetBox="[306,1280,347,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-118@4.[306,1280,347,1781]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Morphological characters of Chrysopogon velutinus. A. Habit. B. Basal portion. C. Inflorescence. D. Spiciform-raceme. E. Spikelet with nerves not ribbed: E1. Pedicelled spikelet showing the lower glume. E2. Pedicelled spikelet showing the upper glume. E3. Lateral view of the sessile spikelet. E4. Lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet (two rows of hairs). E5. Lower glume of the pedicelled spikelet (three rows of hairs). F. Pedicelled spikelet with nerves ribbed. G. Velvety pubescence on the culm and node. H. Young keeled-sheath with distinct processes on the ridge. I. Old keeled-sheath with weak processes on the ridge. (Based on Shahid Nawaz Landge s.n. at BLAT &amp; N. P. Singh 141436 at BSI). (Photography by: Mr. Shahid Nawaz)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8308751" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8308751/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">3</figureCitation>
). The characteristics of the specimen “ 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FDEAF9FF22ACF9D7" box="[636,750,1634,1661]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">KKS 1654</emphasis>
” are in clear disobedience with the original circumscription of the species. Thus, it is not 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FE23F91B227EF90B" box="[437,572,1670,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The occurrence of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FC89F91B23E7F90B" box="[799,933,1670,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A59FF86FC5DF91A2454F90B" box="[971,1046,1670,1696]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Kerala</collectingRegion>
is dubious and we excluded it from distribution in (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BF9522148F86B" blockId="7.[136,1452,1202,2092]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FF2BF95221F2F943" author="Kellogg, E. A. &amp; Abbott, J. R. &amp; Bawa, K. S. &amp; Gandhi, K. N. &amp; Kailash, B. R. &amp; Ganeshaiah, K. N. &amp; Shrestha, U. B. &amp; Raven, P." box="[189,432,1742,1768]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" pagination="1 - 560" refId="ref5456" refString="Kellogg, E. A., Abbott, J. R., Bawa, K. S., Gandhi, K. N., Kailash, B. R., Ganeshaiah, K. N., Shrestha, U. B. &amp; Raven, P. (2020) Checklist of the grasses of India. PhytoKeys 163: 1 - 560. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / phytokeys. 163.38393" type="journal article" year="2020">
Kellogg 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FEB7F953211EF943" box="[289,348,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
(2020)
</bibRefCitation>
that include doubtful occurrence of many grass species included 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FB30F95225E9F943" box="[1190,1451,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Kerala, probably based on 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FE6FF96E229FF8A7" author="Sajeev, K. K. &amp; Sasidharan, N. &amp; Augustine, J." box="[505,733,1778,1804]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" pagination="491 - 494" refId="ref5953" refString="Sajeev, K. K., Sasidharan, N. &amp; Augustine, J. (1998) New records of grasses from Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 22 (2): 491 - 494." type="journal article" year="1998">
Sajeev 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FDDAF96F22C4F8A7" box="[588,646,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
</bibRefCitation>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FD7EF96E23C4F8A7" author="Dileep, P." box="[744,902,1778,1804]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref5191" refString="Dileep, P. (2016) Taxonomic and Phytochemical studies in the tribe Andropogoneae (Poaceae: Panicoideae) in South Western Ghats of India. A Ph. D thesis submitted to The university of Mysore, ined .." type="book" year="2016">Dileep (2016)</bibRefCitation>
in his treatment of the tribe 
<taxonomicName id="25A34D711A59FF86FB5AF96E253DF8A7" authorityName="Dumortier" authorityYear="1824" box="[1228,1407,1778,1804]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="tribe" tribe="Andropogoneae">Andropogoneae</taxonomicName>
did not report the presence of this species in the Western Ghats of South 
<collectingCountry id="9AB476621A59FF86FC17F88A23FFF89B" box="[897,957,1814,1840]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">India</collectingCountry>
, which includes 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A59FF86FBE1F88A2487F89B" box="[1143,1221,1814,1840]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Kerala</collectingRegion>
. After consulting the concerned authorities of CALI herbarium in 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A59FF86FD15F8A62292F8FF" box="[643,720,1850,1876]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Kerala</collectingRegion>
, no specimen of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FC07F8A624D7F8FF" box="[913,1173,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found to be present from 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A59FF86FF50F8C22112F8D2" box="[198,336,1886,1913]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Kerala state</collectingRegion>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="86324B031A59FF86FECDF8C221BAF8D3" author="Dileep, P." box="[347,504,1886,1912]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refId="ref5191" refString="Dileep, P. (2016) Taxonomic and Phytochemical studies in the tribe Andropogoneae (Poaceae: Panicoideae) in South Western Ghats of India. A Ph. D thesis submitted to The university of Mysore, ined .." type="book" year="2016">Dileep (2016)</bibRefCitation>
overlooked the presence of this species in the Western Ghats of 
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where it has been reported by other authors. Hitherto, this species has not been reported from the state of 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A59FF86FB2DF81E2502F837" box="[1211,1344,1922,1948]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
(Kabir &amp; Nair 2008).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A59FF86FF2BF85722DCF787" blockId="7.[136,1452,1202,2092]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">
It is worth noting that certain forms of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FDEEF857229FF84F" box="[632,733,1994,2021]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. fulvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where the leaf sheath is strongly laterally compressed, may be mistaken for 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A59FF86FE8FF87321DFF7A3" box="[281,413,2030,2057]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="53">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in herbaria and in the field. But, the latter can be easily distinguished, even in vegetative state, by its characteristically softly pubescent leaves.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FF1EF9A62148F9FE" bold="true" box="[136,266,1594,1621]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Distribution of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FE55F9A62287F9FF" box="[451,709,1594,1620]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
(Hook f.) Bor
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in India. (Abbreviations: 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FB12F9A624EBF9FF" bold="true" box="[1156,1193,1594,1620]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">AP</emphasis>
: Andhra Pradesh state; 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FF1EF9C320DCF9D2" bold="true" box="[136,158,1631,1657]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">K</emphasis>
: Karnataka state; 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FEFFF9C321DBF9D2" bold="true" box="[361,409,1631,1657]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">MH</emphasis>
: Maharashtra state; 
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FDEBF9C322D2F9D2" bold="true" box="[637,656,1631,1657]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">T</emphasis>
: Telangana state).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="AAB965791A56FF89FF2BF93A2121F817" pageId="8" pageNumber="54" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A56FF89FF2BF93A24D4F8A3" blockId="8.[136,1452,1702,1980]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FF2BF93A20B7F96B" bold="true" box="[189,245,1702,1728]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">Note</emphasis>
: The dots given do not represent a complete range of distribution of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FC78F93A24B2F96B" box="[1006,1264,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">Chrysopogon velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the states in 
<collectingCountry id="9AB476621A56FF89FF31F95620A6F94F" box="[167,228,1738,1764]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">India</collectingCountry>
. It is rather limited to the specimens housed in the consulted herbaria and personal field collections of the authors. The distribution within states could be more comprehensive than it is reflected here.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E21C36F21A56FF89FF2BF88F2121F817" blockId="8.[136,1452,1702,1980]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">
<collectingCounty id="0B7D4E7E1A56FF89FF2BF88F20A0F886" box="[189,226,1811,1837]" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">We</collectingCounty>
have personally studied confirmed materials of 
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<emphasis id="D0D7EAE01A56FF89FC81F88F23E2F887" box="[791,928,1810,1837]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">C. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from four states in 
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<collectingCountry id="9AB476621A56FF89FA98F88E2508F887" box="[1294,1354,1810,1836]" name="India" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">India</collectingCountry>
, namely 
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, 
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, 
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and 
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at BLAT, BSI, JCB, SUK and TBGH herbaria (
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). 
<location id="E77C60291A56FF89FAFCF8AA25E9F8FB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6A0A87E41A5FFF89FF1EFAD12121F817:E77C60291A56FF89FAFCF8AA25E9F8FB" box="[1386,1451,1846,1872]" country="India" county="We" municipality="Peninsular" name="There" pageId="8" pageNumber="54" stateProvince="Maharashtra">There</location>
are no specimens of this species present at the BSI herbarium from the state of 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A56FF89FB8EF8C624EAF8DF" box="[1048,1192,1882,1908]" country="India" name="Maharashtra" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">Maharashtra</collectingRegion>
. 
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have traced 
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belonging to this species present at SUK herbarium from 
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. The presence of this species in 
<collectingRegion id="2067F8101A56FF89FF1EF83E2091F817" box="[136,211,1954,1980]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="8" pageNumber="54">Kerala</collectingRegion>
is uncertain.
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