Abstract
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.
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The plant was reported from the Khasia Hills, Meghalaya by Hooker & Thomson and by Wallich from Prome, Burma. It was reported from China, Malaysia and Thailand (Siam). King collected this species from Sikkim in 1874 which was considered as the last collection of the century making it endangered or possibly extinct in India as stated by Nayar & Sashtry until its rediscovery and new distribution record from the Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh in 2017
During a recent floristic survey to the Golaghat District, Assam during the period from August to October, 2018, the authors came across many interesting plant specimens
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