Shashikant Parmar

Grasses of Gujarat State (A Beginner's Handbook) Shashikant Parmar

Document from the year 2020 in the subject Biology - Botany, course: MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY, language: English, abstract: This book is designed to help learner in identifying different grass species which on first encounter seems too much difficult to understand. The actual photographic visualization of the plant and its character (Inflorescence - Panicle, Spike or Flower - Spikelet) will aid in understanding the unique terminology assigned to this particular family apart from the conventional ones. As grasses show enormously high variations it is advised to use this book as reference to understand morphology and general appearance of grasses only and not as an exclusive identifier for comprehensive research works. The book contains 60 genera (57 % of total) out of 105 recorded genera for the state comprising 80 species.