Four new records of Aroids for Bangladesh

Abstract

The paper deals with four taxa of the family Araceae as new records for Bangladesh, namely, Aglaonema commutatum Schott, A. marantifolium Blume, Colocasia mannii Hook. f. and Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott. An up-dated nomenclature, important synonyms, illustrated description, flowering and fruiting times, specimen citation, ecology and geographical distribution for each species have also been given. IntroductionThe family Araceae consists of 110 genera and 2500 species distributed mostly in the tropics and sub-tropics (Croat 1979). Prain (1903) and Hooker (1893) Ara et al. 1998. Some recent collections from Madhupur (Mymensingh), Sherpur, Netrokona, Maulvi Bazar and Bandarban districts include the following species of this family namely Aglaonema commutatum Schott, Aglaonema marantifolium Blume, Colocasia mannii Hook. f. and Remusatia vivipara ( Roxb.) Schott, that are new records for Bangladesh. The genus Remusatia Schott is also a new generic record for Bangladesh. None of the above mentioned species is found in the work of previous workers who published on the flora of this region, viz

A Rare Medicinal Herb Remusatia Vivipara

“…Remusatia Vivipara is a rare monsoon plant (Figure 1) found in hilly regions, widely distributed in East and West Africa, Himalayan area, East Asia and Tropical Asia. In India, it is distributed subtropical Himalaya, Khosla hills, Chota Nagpur, Maharashtra and Western Peninsula (Ara and Hassan, 2005).…”