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Distributional Note on Curcuma auriantiaca (Zingiberaceae), in Eastern India


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1 Department of Botany, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha –756020, India
2 Divisional Forest Office, Bonai Forest Division, Bonaigarh, Odisha – 770038, India
3 Department of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha –757003, India
 

Curcuma auriantiaca Zijp, a species erstwhile known to occur only in Southern western ghats and North east India recorded for the first time from Eastern Ghats in the Bonai Forest Division of Odisha. A brief taxonomic description along with a photo plate of the taxon is provided here.

Keywords

Bonai, Curcuma, Eastern Ghats, Odisha, Zingiberaceae.
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Authors

Truptirekha Kar
Department of Botany, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha –756020, India
Sudhansu Sekhar Khora
Divisional Forest Office, Bonai Forest Division, Bonaigarh, Odisha – 770038, India
Kishore Kumar Mandal
Department of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha –757003, India

Abstract


Curcuma auriantiaca Zijp, a species erstwhile known to occur only in Southern western ghats and North east India recorded for the first time from Eastern Ghats in the Bonai Forest Division of Odisha. A brief taxonomic description along with a photo plate of the taxon is provided here.

Keywords


Bonai, Curcuma, Eastern Ghats, Odisha, Zingiberaceae.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv60%2F2018%2F138688