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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

The Family Smilacaceae in Assam, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/155438

Published 2022-08-02

  • Sanjib Baruah
    • ,
  • Padmeshawar Gogoi
    • ,
  • Sachin Kumar Borthakur

Sanjib Baruah
Department of Botany, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar–783370, Bodoland Territorial Region, Assam

Padmeshawar Gogoi
NEDFi R&D Centre for MAPs, Khetri, Kamrup–782403, Assam

Sachin Kumar Borthakur
Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati–781014, Assam

Abstract

The paper deals with 11 taxa of Smilax L. and one species of Heterosmilax Kunth under the family Smilacaceae from Assam. Smilax lanceifolia Roxb., S. aspericaulis Wall. ex A.DC., S. ocreata A.DC., and S. zeylanica L. constitute additions to the flora of Assam. Detailed taxonomic accounts, photographs and ethnobotanical notes are provided for the spices recorded.

Keywords

Assam, Flora, Heterosmilax, New Records, Smilax.

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Author Biography

Sanjib Baruah

Assistant Professor

Dept of Botany

Bodoland University

Kokrajhar, Assam

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