Re-collection of the Luminous Lantern Flower Ceropegia lucida Wall. (Apocynaceae) from Assam, India

Debolina Dey; Manash Baruah; Nilakshee Devi; Jitendra Nath Borah

doi:10.11609/jott.5053.12.1.15212-15215

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Jan 2020)

Re-collection of the Luminous Lantern Flower Ceropegia lucida Wall. (Apocynaceae) from Assam, India

Debolina Dey,
Manash Baruah,
Nilakshee Devi,
Jitendra Nath Borah

Affiliations

Debolina Dey: Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati, Kamrup (Metro), Assam781014, India.
Manash Baruah: Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati, Kamrup (Metro), Assam781014, India.
Nilakshee Devi: Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati, Kamrup (Metro), Assam781014, India.
Jitendra Nath Borah: All Sanchi Growers Association of Assam (ASGAA), Alengi Chariali, Titabor, Jorhat, Assam 785632, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5053.12.1.15212-15215
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 15212 – 15215

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The present paper records the re-collection of an extremely rare plant Ceropegia lucida Wall. from the Golaghat District of Assam after a gap of 145 years. A detailed account of the plant has been given to aid in its proper identification and further conservation steps.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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