An updated account of the name changes of the dicotyledonous plant species included in the vol: I (1934- 36) & vol: II (1938) of “Flora of Assam”
Borah, R.L. (2014). An updated account of the name changes of the dicotyledonous plant species included in the vol: I (1934- 36) & vol: II (1938) of “Flora of Assam”. Plant Arch. 14(1): 87-96
In: Plant Archives: Muzaffarnagar. ISSN 0972-5210, meer
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Name changes, Flora of Assam, Dicotyledonus plants, floristic works |
| Abstract |
Changes in botanical names of flowering plants are an issue which comes up from time to time. While there are valid scientific reasons for such changes, it also creates some difficulties to the floristic workers in the preparation of a new flora. Further, all the important monumental floras of the world have most of the plants included in their old names, which are now regarded as synonyms. In north east India, “Flora of Assam” is an important flora as it includes result of pioneering floristic work on Angiosperms & Gymnosperms in the region. But, in the study of this flora, the same problems of name changes appear before the new researchers. Therefore, an attempt is made here to prepare an updated account of the new names against their old counterpts of the plants included in the first two volumes of the flora, on the basis of recent standard taxonomic literatures. In this, the unresolved & controversial names are not touched & only the confirmed ones are taken into account. In the process new names of 470 (four hundred & seventy) dicotyledonous plant species included in the concerned flora are found out. |
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