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Volume 62, Issue 2, December 2020

Articles

Two New Synonyms in Indian Cryptocarya (Lauraceae)

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v62/2020/153882

Published 2020-12-31

  • Anand Kumar
    • ,
  • Gopal Krishna
    • ,
  • Tapas Chakrabarty

Anand Kumar
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal

Gopal Krishna
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal

Tapas Chakrabarty
4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal

Abstract

Cryptocarya burkillii M. Gangop. is reduced here as a synonym of C. ferrea Blume and it makes a new record to India. Similarly, C. sheikelmudiyana A.K.H. Bachan & P.K. Fasila is also synonymized under C. lawsonii Gamble.

Keywords

Cryptocarya burkillii, Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana, syn. nov.

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Anand Kumar

Botanical Survey of India

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