Abstract
Three species viz., Cayratia maritima Jackes of family Vitaceae Juss., Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. of Apocynaceae Juss. and Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr. of Orchidaceae Juss. have been reported here for the first time from Sundarban Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh. The genus Leptadenia R.Br. is a new addition to the Angiosperms of Bangladesh. Taxonomic description, photographs and illustrations of these species have been provided.
Highlights
Bangladesh harbors a total of 3715 species of Angiosperms (Ahmed et al, 2008-2009; Rahman et al, 2016; Rahman and Hossain, 2017; Islam and Rahman, 2017; Sourav et al, 2017; Ara, 2018; Ara and Hassan, 2018; Uddin et al, 2018; Alfasane et al, 2019)
During the botanical explorations in Sundarban Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh conducted in 2016-2018 by the authors, some specimens of Angiosperms were collected which did not match with any known plant species of Bangladesh
These specimens were identified as to belong to three species namely, Cayratia maritima, Leptadenia reticulata and Oberonia disticha of family Vitaceae, Apocynaceae and Orchidaceae, respectively
Summary
Bangladesh harbors a total of 3715 species of Angiosperms (Ahmed et al, 2008-2009; Rahman et al, 2016; Rahman and Hossain, 2017; Islam and Rahman, 2017; Sourav et al, 2017; Ara, 2018; Ara and Hassan, 2018; Uddin et al, 2018; Alfasane et al, 2019). During the botanical explorations in Sundarban Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh conducted in 2016-2018 by the authors, some specimens of Angiosperms were collected which did not match with any known plant species of Bangladesh.
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