Research Article | Published: 22 December 2017

On the Distribution of Some Rare Species in Neora Valley National Park, Darjeeling, West Bengal

Vinay Ranjan, Anant Kumar and Gopal Krishna

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 40 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 333-336 | 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-JI54A6 | Cite this article

Abstract

Cardamine circaeoides Hook.f. & Thomson, Codonopsis gracilis Hook.f. & Thomson, Synotis rufinervis (DC.) C. Jeffrey & Y.L. Chen and Synotis vagans (Wall. ex DC.) C. Jeffrey & Y.L. Chen from Neora Valley National Park, Darjeeling are being reported here as new distributional record for West Bengal.

Keywords

New records, Rare species, West Bengal, Neora Valley National Park

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Ranjan, V., Kumar, A. and Krishna, G., 2017. On the Distribution of Some Rare Species in Neora Valley National Park, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Indian Journal of Forestry, 40(4), pp.333-336. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-JI54A6

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