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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

An account of the family Orchidaceae at Balpakram-Baghmara Landscape, South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172994

Published 2023-12-01

  • Dilip Kumar Roy
    • ,
  • Jintu Sarma
    • ,
  • Khyanjeet Gogoi

Dilip Kumar Roy
Department of Botany, Birjhora Mahavidyalaya (Degree Science College), Bongaigaon 783380, Assam

Jintu Sarma
Department of Botany, Guwahati College, Guwahati 781021, Assam

Khyanjeet Gogoi
TOSEHIM, Regional Orchids Germplasm Conservation & Propagation Centre (Assam Circle), Daisa Bordoloi Nagar, Talap, Tinsukia- 786156, Assam

Abstract

In the current study the Orchid flora of Balpakram-Baghmara Landscape (BBL) of South Garo Hill district, Meghalaya (India) is systematically inventoried containing 79 species belong to 41 genera. A checklist of the recorded species is provided here, along with the key to genera.

Keywords

Flora, Orchids, Balpakram-Baghmara Landscape, Sough Garo Hills, Meghalaya.

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