A contribution to the flora of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim, India

Lahiri, Subhajit; Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar; Ghosh, Asok; Sinha, Bipin Kumar

doi:10.20324/nelumbo/v61/2019/146248

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“…More than 1,300 plant specimens were collected and processed following standard protocols (Jain & Rao 1977). All the collected specimens were identified consulting available literature (Hooker 1872(Hooker -1897Grierson & Long 1983;Long 1984;Grierson 1984;Grierson & Long 1987;Hajra & Verma 1996;Srivastava 1998;Aitken 1999;Aitken, Grierson & Long 1999;Grierson & Springate 2001;Lucksom 2007;Gogoi et al 2018;Maity et al 2018;Mao et al 2018;Lahiri et al 2019;Dash et al 2020;Lahiri & Dash 2020) and voucher specimens were deposited at BSHC and CAL for future reference. Earlier collections made from KAS by different collectors and available in different herbaria (ASSAM, BSHC, and CAL) were also taken into consideration while preparing the present enumeration.…”

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An enumeration of the flowering plants of Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary in eastern Sikkim, India

2021

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The present paper is the outcome of an extensive floristic survey conducted in two phases by the authors in Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India. During the study 411 taxa (400 species, 04 subspecies and 07 varieties) belonging to 173 genera and 54 families were recorded. The most dominating family was Asteraceae with 44 species followed by Ericaceae 28 species, Ranunculaceae 26 species, Polygonaceae 24 species and Rosaceae 20 species. These five families represent 34.13% of the total taxa recorded from the sanctuary. About 12 families were represented by only one species each. The most dominating genus was Rhododendron (18 species) followed by Primula (16 species), Pedicularis (15 species), Gentiana (11 species), and Impatiens (10 species). Among the different growth forms, herbs contributed the maximum (86.61 %) followed by shrubs (7.79%), trees (4.87%), climbers 0.49%, and epiphyte (0.24%).

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confidence: 99%