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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

An Annotated Checklist to the Alpine and Sub Alpine Flowering Plant Diversity of Dzongri-Goecha La Area, West Sikkim, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/170943

Published 2022-08-02

  • Subhajit Lahiri
    • ,
  • Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
    • ,
  • Asok Ghosh

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

Sudhansu Sekhar Dash
Botanical Survey of India, 3rd MSO Building, 6th Floor, CGO Complex, DF Block, Sector-1, Salt Lake, West Bengal 700064

Asok Ghosh
Department of Botany, University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713104, West Bengal

Abstract

A total of 254 plant species belonging to 151 genera and 47 families were collected from alpine and subalpine regions of Dzongri Goecha La area. Of the total species collected, the first ten dominating family contributed more than 52.75% while the first ten dominating genera contributed 37.74 % of total genera of the studied area. 22 taxa have been reported new to region during the study.

Keywords

Alpine Plants, Biosphere Reserve, Checklist, Flora, Khangchendzonga, Vascular Plants.

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