Study on Spikelet Morphology of Some Indian Grasses (Poaceae)

Abstract

Poaceae (Graminae) is the most species-rich vascular flowering plant family that includes many economically valuable food crops consumed by human beings in different parts of the World. Grasses are most common floral component of all kind of vegetation and they grow in marshy lowland to higher altitude i.e., subalpine to alpine environment. Identification at the species level becomes extremely difficult in grasses and only the revelation of detailed spikelet structures can only provide a satisfactory result. Present work studied detailed morphology of various parts of spikelet of some grass from sub-Himalayan West Bengal along with their suitable illustrations.