Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

Syamal Kumar Basu ¹, Saibal Basu ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN

Abstract

This paper deals with the palms cultivated in the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah. Altogether 109 species of palms have been enumerated from this garden of both economic and ornamental species. The accompanying map of the Garden will help in locating the different species of palms.

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S. K. Basu ¹, Saibal Basu ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN

Abstract

The eophylls in palms are morphologically very consistent for each palm group and they show remarkable distinguishing characters. Epidermal studies on the eophylls of 'Sixteen Arecoid palms show that in all, five different types of epidermal complexes can be recognised within the group and this information is of taxonomic importance.

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