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Akaniaceae:A New Family Record for Flora of India and Lectotypification of the Name Bretschneidera sinensis


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1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 103, India
2 Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector-1, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064, India
 

Bretschneidera sinensis Hemsley, an IUCN Red Listed Endangered tree species has been collected from Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India which constitutes the first distributional record of the monotypic genus Bretschneidera and the family Akaniaceae in India. Lectotypification of the name Bretschneidera sinensis proposed here along with detailed taxonomic account of the species.

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Akaniaceae, Bretschneidera sinensis, New Record, Lectotypification, India.
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Authors

Vikas Kumar
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 103, India
Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector-1, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064, India
Samiran Panday
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 103, India
Subhajit Lahiri
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 103, India
Bipin Kumar Sinha
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector-1, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064, India
Paramjit Singh
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Sector-1, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064, India

Abstract


Bretschneidera sinensis Hemsley, an IUCN Red Listed Endangered tree species has been collected from Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India which constitutes the first distributional record of the monotypic genus Bretschneidera and the family Akaniaceae in India. Lectotypification of the name Bretschneidera sinensis proposed here along with detailed taxonomic account of the species.

Keywords


Akaniaceae, Bretschneidera sinensis, New Record, Lectotypification, India.

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