Continuing with the present series on Flora of India, the editors now take pleasure in presenting the volume on Asteraceae, one of the largest flowering plant families in India, comprising about 1052 taxa in 161 genera (excluding the cultivated ones). In view of its large size the treatment is being presented in two volumes, i.e. Volumes 12 and 13. The entire family is treated under 12 tribes, viz. Anthemideae, Astereae, Calenduleae, Cardueae, Cichorieae, Eupatorieae, Heliantheae, Inuleae, Mutisieae, Senecioneae, Tageteae and Vernonieae. Some of the tribes, such as Cichorieae and Senecioneae, have been further segregated into a number of subtribes. While the delimitation of the tribes has been based on phylogenetic considerations, they are arranged in alphabetical sequence in conformity with the format adopted in the preceeding volumes. Similarly, the subtribes, genera, sections, species and infraspecific categories have been arranged alphabetically under respective tribe, subtribe, genus, section or species. The Volume 12 deals with 525 species in 105 genera and 7 tribes, whereas the remaining taxa would constitute the volume 13.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.K. Hajra
Prabhat Kumar Hajra (b. January 28, 1940) received his early education at Sekenderpur, a village in Hooghly District of West Bengal and graduation from Calcutta University. He obtained Masters Degree in Botany from Guahati University and Ph.D. degree from the same university. From 1961 to 1992 he worked in Central National Herbarium, Calcutta, Eastern Circle, Shillong, and Northern Circle, Dehradun of Botanical Survey of India in different capacities. He established the Sikkim Himalayan Circle of Botanical Survey of India. He joined the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India as Director Biosphere Reserve and worked during the period 1992-1993. HE then rejoined Botanical Survey of India as Director in 1993 and retired on supre-annuation in 1998. Since 1998 he is involved in a project sponsored jointly by the Department of Space and Biotechnology, Government of India as one of the collaborators. He has authored manmy publications of botanical interest such as Plant wealth of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Botany of Kaziranga and Manas, Brahmakamal and its allies etc. He has also edited a large number of books on the Flora of India. He is the author of over 100 publications in various scientific journals. During his intensive field survey all over India, he discovered numerous plant species that are new to science. He has also extensively toured all over the world in connection to his scientific pursuit. He is the author of several popular books in English as well as Hindi.
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