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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

Bulbophyllum nigrescens Rolfe. (Orchidaceae), a new record for India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173226

Published 2023-12-01

  • Pramod Rai
    • ,
  • Prakash Limboo
    • ,
  • Madhusudhan Khanal
    • ,
  • Shuvadip Sarkar
    • ,
  • Dinesh Kumar Agrawala

Pramod Rai
Sirisay, Namchi District, Sikkim, 737126

Prakash Limboo
Department of Education, Government Senior Secondary School, Sombarey, Soreng District, Sikkim, 737121

Madhusudhan Khanal
Taxonomy and Biodiversity Laboratory, Department of Botany, Sikkim University, 6th mile, Samdur, Gangtok District, Sikkim, 737102

Shuvadip Sarkar
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah-711103, West Bengal

Dinesh Kumar Agrawala
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO building, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064

Abstract

Bulbophyllum nigrescens have been described here for the first time from India. Taxonomic description along with an illustrative photo-plate, information on habitat, phenology, distribution have been provided for easy identification of the species.

Keywords

Bulbophyllum sect. Hirtula, Distribution, Orchid, Sikkim Himalaya, Taxonomy.

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