Abstract
One hundred seventy seven species belonging to 88 genera under 14 natural orders are determined to have been recorded in the third volume of J.D. Hookers, the Flora of British India from the area now fall in Bangladesh. These taxa are enumerated with updated nomenclature and current taxonomic status following ICN and Cronquists system of plant classification respectively resulting in 169 species under 93 genera and 14 families. Collection locality with collectors name of each species wherever available, as cited in protologue, is also included.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 23(2): 143-160, 2016 (December)
Highlights
The plants from the area of Bangladesh included in volumes I and II of J.D
The present report deals with the treatment of the taxa of the volume III of the Flora of British India (1880-1882)
This volume includes three parts (VII-IX) published in 3 different dates consisting of a total of 22 natural orders, 354 genera and 2174 species
Summary
The plants from the area of Bangladesh included in volumes I and II of J.D. Hooker’s, theFlora of British India have already been determined and reported with their updated nomenclature and taxonomic status following ICN (Rashid and Rahman, 2011, 2012). The plants from the area of Bangladesh included in volumes I and II of J.D. Hooker’s, the. The present report deals with the treatment of the taxa of the volume III of the Flora of British India (1880-1882). This volume includes three parts (VII-IX) published in 3 different dates consisting of a total of 22 natural orders, 354 genera and 2174 species. In this volume, J.D. Hooker was assisted by an eminent botanist, C.B. Clarke. Hooker alone described 4 natural orders while Clarke alone described 18 natural orders
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