Grasses and bamboos of Barail Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India

Abstract

A total of 66 species (53 species of grasses and 13 species of bamboos) of Gramineae (Poaceae) are enumerated here from Barail Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India. These are distributed under 41 genera and 11 tribes. The study was based on fresh collection of specimens from the sanctuary during 2012 -2014, consultation of herbarium specimens and scrutiny of literature. A list of species is provided with updated nomenclature, vernacular name(s), phenology, occurrences in the study area and habit. Field photographs of some selected members are also provided for ease of identification.

Assessment of Plants Biodiversity in Innerline Reserve Forest, Hailakandi, Assam, India

“…A measure of diversity can be considered to represent the number of unique things and their relative frequency. On a number of scales, from entire ecosystems to the chemical combinations that comprise the basic basis of heredity, these entities are arranged in terms of biological diversity [13][14][15][16][17]. As a result, the word includes various ecosystems, species, and genes as well as their relative richness and abundance [18][19][20][21][22].…”