Research Article | Published: 15 December 2023

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

Suparna Debnath and Deepu Vijayan

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 46 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 166-174 | 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2023-4Y1733 | Cite this article

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.

Keywords

Herbarium Specimens, Northeast India, Zingibers

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Debnath, S. and Vijayan, D., 2023. A detailed analysis on the collections of the family Zingiberaceae in the Herbarium of Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong (ASSAM). Indian Journal of Forestry, 46(3), pp.166-174. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2023-4Y1733

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 02 July 2023

Manuscript Revised on 05 December 2023

Manuscript Accepted on 08 December 2023

Manuscript Published on 15 December 2023

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