A report on additions to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

Authors

  • Johny Kumar Tagore PG and Research Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620002, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-3167
  • Ponnaiah Jansirani PG and Research Department of Botany, JJ College of Arts & Science, Sivapuram Post, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu 622422, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-6110
  • Sebastian Soosairaj PG and Research Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620002, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-3320

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4751.11.8.14080-14082

Keywords:

Alpinia malaccensis;, Dhanikari Botanical Gardens, Little Andaman Islands, Monochoria hastata, new distribution records, Pontederiaceae, South Andaman Islands, Zingiberaceae

Abstract

The present paper deals with the collection of Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms (Pontederiaceae) and Alpinia malaccensis (Burm.f.) Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) from South and Little Andaman Islands, constituting new records for the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India.

 

Alpinia malaccensis, Dhanikari Botanical Gardens, Little Andaman Islands, Monochoria hastata, new distribution records, Pontederiaceae, South Andaman Islands, Zingiberaceae.

Author Biographies

Ponnaiah Jansirani, PG and Research Department of Botany, JJ College of Arts & Science, Sivapuram Post, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu 622422, India.

Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, JJ College of Arts &Science, Pudukkottai – 622422, TN, India

Sebastian Soosairaj, PG and Research Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620002, India.

Assiatant Professor, Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College, Trichy – 620002, TN, India

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Srivastava, S.K. (1998). Zingiberaceae in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, Additional Series 10: 1–33.

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Published

26-06-2019

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Vol. 11 No. 8 (2019)

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