Hydrobiological studies within the tea gardens at Srimangal, Bangladesh. VI. Desmids (&lt;i&gt;Xanthidium&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Arthrodesmus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Staurodesmus&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Staurastrum&lt;/i&gt;)

Islam, Akm Nurul; Irfanullah, Haseeb Md.

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“…Second, the rate of discovering algal taxa as new records for Bangladesh or new to science is much more than that of angiosperms. For example, a four-season sampling of a couple of water bodies in the tea gardens of Srimangal, Moulvi Bazar district revealed 421 algal taxa (Islam and Irfanullah, 2006) of which 130 were new records and 3 were new to science (present author's count). There is, however, a historical reason behind these different discovering rates.…”

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Plant taxonomic research in Bangladesh (1972-2012): A critical review

Irfanullah¹

2013

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon

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Amid serious concerns over declining taxonomic research world-wide, Bangladesh showed positive trends over . Some important developments in the global arena over the last decade give a mixed view on the growth of taxonomic research. This demands revisiting Bangladesh's plant taxonomic research to identify major factors guiding its courses. Taxonomic papers published in three Bangladeshi journals and the Flora of Bangladesh (1972Bangladesh ( -2012 were analyzed using a scoring system. The present study reveals a four-fold increase in annual average of integrated taxonomic studies (those use knowledge of other branches of biology) over the last decade compared with the preceding decade. Conventional, inventory type taxonomic studies, on the other hand, has reduced by 15%. Studies on algae showed 42% increase in annual average, while studies on angiosperms remained unchanged. Although unpublished researches like Master's theses increased significantly in recent years, the number of published work has decreased. The possible reasons for such decline are no net increase in plant taxonomists over the last decade, taxonomists struggling to transform researches into publishable manuscripts, and enhanced reputation of Bangladeshi journals increasing the proportion of foreign papers (a situation termed as 'reputational backlash'). The paper envisages that classical taxonomic studies will dominate in Bangladesh in the coming decades given the enormous exploratory task awaiting the taxonomists. It concludes that to put taxonomy in the sustainable development discourse, taxonomists must change their perception towards their role in the society and proactively share their work with wider audience. IntroductionIn their recent review, Costello et al. (2013a) declared − "Taxonomists are not in danger of extinction". In fact taxonomists' number has increased over the past couple of decades. Increased rate of publication over the last decade also shows taxonomic effort has never been greater. Costello et al. (l.c.) are not alone; a few other recent studies have also shared similar positive trends in taxonomic research in recent times (e.g. Joppa et al., 2011a;De Clerck et al., 2013;Tancoigne and Dubois, 2013). These analyses overturn the concerns expressed over declining 'taxonomy' and 'taxonomists' (Lee, 2000;Godfray, 2002;. In the wake of these worrying scenarios, the flow of recommendations to save taxonomy and the taxonomists has never dried out. Offers on the table are diverse − reemphasizing taxonomy course at the universities, training for more professional taxonomists, capitalizing on the strength of amateurs and parataxonomists, shifting in the perception of funding system to invest more in taxonomy, and making alliance with other branches of biology (

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“…Salar Khan (1924Khan ( -2002 and National Prof. A.K.M. Nurul Islam (1928Islam ( -2006, two legendary figures of plant taxonomic research in Bangladesh.…”

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Plant taxonomic research in Bangladesh (1972-2012): A critical review

Irfanullah¹

2013

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon

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“…It was noted that the Cosmarium showed overall dominance in the majority of waterbodies in Bangladesh also (Islam & Haroon 1980;Islam & Irfanullah 2006).…”

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Desmids of Brahmaputra valley, a major southern Asian river basin

Soumin Nath,

Partha Pratim Baruah

2024

J. Threat. Taxa

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Inadequate information on the diversity and dispersion of desmids has led to incomplete floristic data in the northeastern region of India. The present study focuses on contributing to the information on the diversity and geographical distribution of desmid in water bodies of the Brahmaputra River basin of the Indian subcontinent. During the period 2019–2022, desmid flora of 91 waterbodies were studied. Two-hundred-and-thirty-one taxa belonging to five families and 25 genera were recorded, out of which 94 were new records for the northeastern India. Desmidiaceae was the dominant family with 195 species and with 69 species Cosmarium was the dominant genus.

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A taxonomic account on the phytoplankton of a pond receiving textile industrial effluents

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Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon

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Hydrobiological studies within the tea gardens at Srimangal, Bangladesh. VI. Desmids (<i>Xanthidium</i>, <i>Arthrodesmus</i>, <i>Staurodesmus</i> and <i>Staurastrum</i>)

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Plant taxonomic research in Bangladesh (1972-2012): A critical review

Plant taxonomic research in Bangladesh (1972-2012): A critical review

Desmids of Brahmaputra valley, a major southern Asian river basin

A taxonomic account on the phytoplankton of a pond receiving textile industrial effluents

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