A new species of Epipogium (Orchidaceae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

A new species of Epipogium, E. indicum from Arunachal Pradesh, India is described.

New Additions to the angiospermic flora of Nagaland, India

“…During this extensive field exploration, the authors have collected several plant specimens (200 voucher specimens), of which, based on critical study, 13 plant taxa are interesting and show new distributional report to Nagaland state. These specimens were confirmed by referring various literature (Hooker 1872(Hooker -1897Kanjilal et al 1934Kanjilal et al -1940Balakrishnan 1981Balakrishnan , 1983Chowdhery & Wadhwa 1984;Haridasan & Rao, 1985, 1987Sanjappa 1992;Chaudhuri 1993;Sharma & Sanjappa 1993;Hajra et al 1995a,b;Chauhan 1996;Chowdhery et al 1996Chowdhery et al , 2008Polunin & Stainton 1997;Singh et al 2000a,b;Singh 2001;Kumar & Singh 2001;Singh et al 2002;Balakrishnan et al 2012) and also the specimens were compared with authentic herbarium specimens deposited at Botanical Survey of India, Shillong, Kolkata and Kew Digital Herbarium. All the 13 plant taxa namely Anaphalis royleana, Boehmeria penduliflora, Byttneria pilosa, Cirsium verutum, Glochidion multiloculare var.…”

A new species of Rubus (Rosaceae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

“…Based on previous revisionary and systematic works (Focke 1910, 1911, 1914, Smith 1819, Roxburgh 1832, Hooker 1878, Kuntze 1879, Kanjilal et al 1922, Long 1987, Kalkman 1993, Lu & Boufford 2003, Boufford et al 2011) and regional floristic works (Sharma & Kachroo 1981, Chowdhery & Wadhwa 1984, Chowdhery et al 1996, it was compared with the most morphologically similar species, Rubus stipulosus T.…”

Documentation and phytochemical screening of wild vegetables from Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India

“…Plant were collected and preserved according to standard field and herbarium techniques (Jain & Rao 1977). The collected plant specimens were identified with the help of literature including The Flora of British India (Hooker 1892(Hooker -1972, Flora of Assam (Kanjilal et al 1934(Kanjilal et al -1940, Flora of China (Fu Liguo et al 1999), Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh (Hajra et al 1996;Giri et al 2008;Chowdhery et al 2009) and consultation with regional taxonomists. Further, authentication of identity were confirmed by matching with the authenticated specimens in ARUN Herbarium.…”