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Taxonomic identity and Lectotypification of Colocasia mannii (Araceae), a Little Known Species from Northeast India
Taxonomic identity and rediscovery of Colocasia mannii Hook.f., a little-known species from the Eastern Himalaya, India are discussed in the paper. The updated description of the species along with illustration and its ethnobotanical uses is also provided. The name C. mannii is also lectotypified here.
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Assam, Colocasia mannii, Eastern Himalayas, Lectotypification, Ethnobotany.
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