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Volume 61, Issue 1, July 2019

Articles

Taxonomic identity and Lectotypification of Colocasia mannii (Araceae), a little known species from Northeast India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v61/2019/146168

Published 2019-07-31

  • Rajib Gogoi
    • ,
  • Souravjyoti Borah
    • ,
  • Jatindra Sarma

Rajib Gogoi
Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal

Souravjyoti Borah
Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati – 781014, Assam

Jatindra Sarma
Assam Forest Department, Aranya Bhawan, Panjabari, Guwahati – 781037, Assam

Abstract

Taxonomic identity and rediscovery of Colocasia mannii Hook.f., a little-known species from the Eastern Himalaya, India are discussed in the paper. The updated description of the species along with illustration and its ethnobotanical uses is also provided. The name C. mannii is also lectotypified here.

Keywords

Assam, Colocasia mannii, Eastern Himalayas, Lectotypification, Ethnobotany.

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