Two new species of Tripogon (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Tripogoninae): from India

Two new species of Poaceae, Tripogon karnatakensis and T. munnarensis from South India are described and illustrated. T. karnatakensis closely resembles T. filiformis , but differs in having 15–28 cm long leaden green spikes with 2-keeled lower glumes. T. munnarensis closely resembles T. narayanae , but differs in having 10–16 mm long spikelets with 10–16 florets.