Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

Bhattacharjee, Avishek

• Zeuxine parvifolia (Orchidaceae)-A New Addition to the Orchid Flora of India

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Authors

Avishek Bhattacharjee ¹, Sandhyajyoti Phukan ², Rupam Shankar Barua ³

Affiliations
1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711 103, IN
2 Amrawati Palace SE 3, Amrawati Path, Christian Basti, Guwahati - 781 005, IN
3 Assam Science Technology and Environment Council, Bigyan Bhaban, G.S. Road, Guwahati - 781 005, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 61, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 6-8

Abstract

Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) K. Schum. & Fedde, a rare species of terrestrial orchid belonging to the subtribe Goodyerinae is reported here for the first time from India with detailed description.

Keywords

Assam, Cranichideae, Goodyerinae, Orchidoideae.

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• New Distributional Record of Gastrochilus affinis (Orchidaceae) from Western Himalaya with Notes on A New Synonym and Typification

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Authors

Jeewan Singh Jalal ¹, Ishwari Datt Rai ², Avishek Bhattacharjee ³, Gajendra Singh ⁴

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411001, IN
2 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun - 248001, IN
3 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711 103, IN
4 Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Upper Aamwala, Tapowan-Nalapani, Dehradun-248008, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 62, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 12-15

Abstract

Gastrochilus affinis (King & Pantl.) Schltr. is reported here for the first time from Western Himalaya. Gastrochilus nepalensis Raskoti, a species from Nepal described in 2015 is reduced to synonymy under G. affinis. A note on typification of G. affinis is also provided in the present communication.

Keywords

Epiphyte, Gastrochilus nepalensis, Lectotype, Orchid, Uttarakhand.

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• Notes on the Identity of Vernonia shevaroyensis (Asteraceae) and its Neotypification

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Authors

Bandana Bhattacharjee ¹, P. Lakshminarasimhan ², Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee ³, S. Kaliamoorthy ⁴, Avishek Bhattacharjee ⁵

Affiliations
1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, IN
2 E-1/ 302, Uttam Townscapes, S. No. 154, Yerawada, Pune, Maharashtra, IN
3 Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, IN
4 National Orchidarium & Experimental Garden, Botanical Survey of India, Yercaud – 636602, IN
5 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 62, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 148-153

Abstract

Vernonia shevaroyensis Gamble is treated here as a heterotypic synonym of Vernonia vivekanathanii Uniyal and a neotype has been designated for V. shevaroyensis in the present communication in absence of any original material of the name.

Keywords

Compositae, Endemic, Monosis wightiana, Synonym, Vernonia vivekanathanii, Vernonieae.

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• GAMBLE, J.S. 1920. Vernonia shevaroyensis Gamble. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 341. 1920.
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• Hoya edeni (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): Notes on its Overlooked First Drawing, Original Material at CAL and Etymology

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Authors

Gopal Krishna ¹, Avishek Bhattacharjee ¹, K. Karthigeyan ¹

Affiliations
1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah 711103, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 62, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 192-196

Abstract

The overlooked first drawing of Hoya edeni King ex Hook.f., its one isolectotype and seven more specimens collected by Sir George King before publishing the name have been traced at CAL. A note on its etymology is also provided.

Keywords

Archival Drawing, Ashley Eden, Central National Herbarium, Isolectotype.

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• HOOKER, J.D. 1883. Asclepiadeae. In: The Flora of British India, vol. 4. L. Reeve & Co., London. pp. 1–78.
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• RODDA, M. 2015. Two new species of Hoya R.Br. (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) from Borneo. PhytoKeys 53: 83–93. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.53.5079
• RODDA, M., M.M. AUNG AND K. ARMSTRONG. 2019. A new species, a new subspecies, and new records of Hoya (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) from Myanmar and China. Brittonia 71: 424–434. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-019 09575-y