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Volume 61, Issue 1, July 2019

Articles

A contribution to the flora of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v61/2019/146248

Published 2019-07-31

  • Subhajit Lahiri
    • ,
  • Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
    • ,
  • Asok Ghosh
    • ,
  • Bipin Kumar Sinha

Subhajit Lahiri
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711103

Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700064

Asok Ghosh
UGC CAS Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan, West Bengal – 713104

Bipin Kumar Sinha
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700064

Abstract

Twenty two species reported here as addition to the Flora of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim. Besides Rubus lasiostylus Focke reported here for the first time from Sikkim Himalaya. A comprehensive description, information on phenology and ecology of each of the species has been provided here for easy identification.

Keywords

Floristic Diversity, KBR, New Additions, Sikkim.

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