A detailed analysis on the collections of the family Zingiberaceae in the Herbarium of Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong (ASSAM)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A detailed analysis on the collections of the family Zingiberaceae in the Herbarium of Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong (ASSAM)

Published:2023-12-15 Issue:3 Volume:46 Page:166-174
ISSN:0971-9431
Container-title:Indian Journal of Forestry
language:en
Short-container-title:Indian J. Forest.

Author:

Debnath Suparna¹,Vijayan Deepu¹

Affiliation:

1. Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre

Abstract

The Eastern Regional Centre of Botanical Survey of India at Shillong has a herbarium whose acronym or code is ASSAM. The herbarium harbours about 1,50,000 specimens of angiosperms, gymnosperms and pteridophytes collected from different parts of northeastern India. This present communication deals with the representative herbarium specimens of the family Zingiberaceae housed in ASSAM, which includes about 100-year old collections as well as specimens collected during the recent periods from different parts of northeastern India. A careful consultation/indexing of voucher specimens of Zingiberaceae revealed that the ASSAM has a total of 1,080 herbarium sheets belong to 110 species under 19 genera. Furthermore, ASSAM has about 80 type specimens representing names of 21 new species under 6 genera. The current scientific name and distributional pattern of each species are provided.

Publisher

Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh

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