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1 Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati – 781014, Assam, IN
3 Assam Forest Department, Aranya Bhawan, Panjabari, Guwahati – 781037, Assam, IN
Source
Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 61, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 13-16
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Assam, Colocasia mannii, Eastern Himalayas, Lectotypification, Ethnobotany.
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