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Volume 53, December 2011

Articles

Notes on the Distribution of Some Legume Species in Arunachal Pradesh

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v53/2011/57559

Published 2011-12-07

  • S. S. Dash

S. S. Dash
Botanical Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh, Regional Centre, Itanagar 791111

Abstract

The present paper discusses distribution of 18 species from the family Leguminosae that shows interesting distribution pattern in Arunachal Pradesh. Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight & Arn., Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston, Cassia hochestetteri Ghesq., Crotalaria anagyroides Kunth, Dalbergia thomsonii Benth., Desmodium zonatum Miq., Flemingia involucrata Benth., Hylodesmum podocarpum (Candolle) H. Ohashi & R. R. Mill., recorded for the first time for the state. The occurrence of Adenanthera pavonina L., Crotalaria humifuga Graham ex Benth., Erythrina arborescence Roxb., Indigofera pseudoreticulata Grierson & D. G. Long, Derris marginata (Roxb.) Benth., Desmodium laxiflorum DC, Mucuna imbricata DC. ex Baker, Shuteria involucrata (Wall.) Wight & Arn., and Trifolium repens L., Uraria lagopodioides (L.) Desv., recorded as extended distribution from adjacent states or phytogeographic region.

Keywords

New Records, Distribution, Arunachal Pradesh, Leguminosae.

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