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• Three Species of Sedges (Cyperaceae) New to Bihar, India

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Anant Kumar ¹, Gopal Krishna ¹, V. P. Prasad ¹

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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 59, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 164-167

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Three species of Cyperaceae, Fimbristylis alboviridis C.B. Clarke, Kyllinga bulbosa P. Beauv. and Lipocarpha squarrosa (L.) Goetgh., are reported for the first time from Bihar, India based on the collections from Aurangabad and Nawada districts. The present paper provides a brief description, phenology and a photoplate of these species for easy identification.

Keywords

Fimbristylis, Kyllinga, Lipocarpha, Bihar, Cyperaceae, New Record.

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• CLARKE, C. B. 1893–1894. Cyperaceae. In: Hooker, J.D. (ed.) The Flora of British India. Vol. 6. L. Reeve, London. pp. 586–748.
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• SINGH, N. P., V. MUDGAL, K. K. KHANNA, S. C. SRIVASTAVA, A. K. SAHOO, S. BANDYOPADHYAY, N. AZIZ, M. DAS, R. P. BHATTACHARYA and P.K. HAJRA. 2001. Flora of Bihar Analysis. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. pp. 559–587.

• Notes on Re-Collection of Phyllanthus tetrandrus (Phyllanthaceae) from Mizoram, India

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M. Sawmliana ¹, Gopal Krishna ², Tapas Chakrabarty ³

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1 Mizoram State Biodiversity Board, Tuikhuahtlang, Aizawl–796007, Mizoram, IN
2 Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, IN
3 Botanical Garden Lane, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 62, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 46-49

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A lesser known species, Phyllanthus tetrandrus Roxb. (Phyllanthaceae) recollected after a lapse of six decades from Mizoram, India. This present communication deals with a brief taxonomic description of the species along with notes on its habit, habitat and distribution.

Keywords

Phyllanthus, Re-Collection, Distribution, India, Bangladesh.

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• Typification of Eight Accepted Names and Two Synonyms in Indian Euphorbiaceae

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Tapas Chakrabarty ¹, Gopal Krishna ²

Affiliations
1 4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, IN
2 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 62, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 161-172

Abstract

Lectotypes are designated here for the names Euphorbia cashmeriana, E. jacquemontii (including its synonym E. jacquemontii var. lasiocarpa), E. notoptera, Macaranga gamblei, M. indica and Mallotus nepalensis for correct application of these names. Neotypes are designated for the names Croton joufra and Macaranga andamanica along with lectotypification of its synonym M. brandisii.

Keywords

Croton, Euphorbia, Macaranga, Mallotus, Lectotypification, Neotypification.

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• Two New Synonyms in Indian Cryptocarya (Lauraceae)

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Authors

Anand Kumar ¹, Gopal Krishna ¹, Tapas Chakrabarty ²

Affiliations
1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, IN
2 Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 62, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 173-177

Abstract

Cryptocarya burkillii M. Gangop. is reduced here as a synonym of C. ferrea Blume and it makes a new record to India. Similarly, C. sheikelmudiyana A.K.H. Bachan & P.K. Fasila is also synonymized under C. lawsonii Gamble.

Keywords

Cryptocarya burkillii, Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana, syn. nov.

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• Hoya edeni (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): Notes on its Overlooked First Drawing, Original Material at CAL and Etymology

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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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