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Volume 64, Issue 1, July 2022

Articles

Interesting Distributional Notes on Chlorophytum nepalense (Lindl.) Baker. (Asparagaceae) from Chotanagpur Plateau Area of Jharkhand, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/170954

Published 2022-08-02

  • P. P. Ghoshal
    • ,
  • P. V. Prasanna
    • ,
  • Sankararao Mudadla
    • ,
  • S. B. Padal

P. P. Ghoshal
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah-711 103, West Bengal

P. V. Prasanna
Deccan Regional Centre, Botanical Survey of India, Hyderabad-500 095

Sankararao Mudadla
Deccan Regional Centre, Botanical Survey of India, Hyderabad-500 095

S. B. Padal
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

During botanical exploration tour to Betla National Park, Jharkhand, during 2015–19, the first author collected one species namely Chlorophytum nepalense (Lindl.) Baker. This collection from the Park is reported here as new distributional record for the Flora of Jharkhand. Detailed morphological description, habitat, phenology, distribution and colour photographs are provided.

Keywords

Jharkhand, Chlorophytum nepalense, New Record.

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Author Biography

P. P. Ghoshal

Botanist

Botanical Survey of India

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