Sterculia striatiflora Mast (Malvaceae s.l.) - A new addition to the flora of Assam

Manash Baruah; Debolina Dey; Saurav Kumar  Boruah; Monish Paul; Birina  Bhuyan; Nilakshee Devi

doi:10.14719/pst.2021.8.3.1209

Sterculia striatiflora Mast (Malvaceae s.l.) - A new addition to the flora of Assam

Authors

Manash Baruah Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781 014, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-2605
Debolina Dey Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781 014, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-8363
Saurav Kumar Boruah Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781 014, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8286-5603
Monish Paul Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781 014, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6556-2712
Birina Bhuyan Department of Botany, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar 783 370, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6421-8477
Nilakshee Devi Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781 014, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6007-4904

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2021.8.3.1209

Keywords:

New record, Sterculiaceae, Lakhimpur, Dullung Reserve Forest

Abstract

Sterculia striatiflora Mast, a rarely known species of Malvaceae s.l., is reported here as a new distribution record and addition to the Flora of Assam, India. A detailed description, colour photographs and other relevant information has been provided for its identification.

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01-07-2021

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Baruah M, Dey D, Boruah SK, Paul M, Bhuyan B, Devi N. Sterculia striatiflora Mast (Malvaceae s.l.) - A new addition to the flora of Assam. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];8(3):560–563. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/1209

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2021)

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