Biology:Chandrasekharania

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Chandrasekharania
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Genus: Chandrasekharania
V.J.Nair, V.S.Ramach. & Sreek.
Species:
C. keralensis
Binomial name
Chandrasekharania keralensis
V.J.Nair, V.S.Ramach. & Sreek.

Chandrasekharania is a genus of India n plants in the grass family.[1][2]

The only known species is Chandrasekharania keralensis, native to the State of Kerala in southern India .[3][4][5]

The genus name of Chandrasekharania is in honour of Narayana Pillai Chandrasekharan Nair (b.1927), who was an Indian botanist (mycology) and teacher.[6]

"The genus is named after Dr N. Chandrasekharan Nair, the first author's teacher and present Joint Director, Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Indian botany."[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Velukutty Jayachandran Nair, Veerambakkam Srinivasan Ramachandran and Puthenpurayil Viswanathan Sreekumar in Proc. Indian. Acad. Sci. vol.91 (Issue 2) on page 79 in 1982.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nair, V. J., Ramachandran, V. S., & Sreekumar, P. V. 1982. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 91(2): 79-80
  2. Tropicos Chandrasekharania keralensis V.J. Nair, V.S. Ramach. & Sreek
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  5. Grassnews Chandrasekharania keralensis
  6. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2466987 entry