Orchid Flora of Kamrup District, Assam

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This book on Orchid Flora of Kamrup District of Assam has explored the orchid species of three major districts of the state of Assam in its present political form namely Barpeta, Nalbari and Kamrup districts of the lower Brahmaputra valley including the famous Manas Wild Life Sanctuary. It has dilated the subject in two major aspects as the morphological and phenological characteristics of the taxa and the key characters with illustrations as well as photographs for their easy recognisation and secondly the distribution, phytogeography and ethnobotany of orchids of the district with a general morphology for easy understanding of the complex floral structure of the family orchidaceae. This work the author feels would be very helpful not only for the taxonomists, but equally for horiculturists, forest officials, phytogeographers and other orchid lovers. The salient feature of the book is that the work is based on actual study of the specimens and all the illustrations have been made from the life plants by the author.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Iswar Chandra Barua

Dr. Iswar Chandra Barua, the author of the book, is a Senior Scientist in the Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam.  Borne at Guwahati in 1960, he had his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Botany (Angiosperm Taxonomy) from Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, under the guidance of the Plant Taxonomist Professor Dr. S. Chowdhury and famous Orchidologist of the country Dr. S.K. Kataki.  He has to his credit over 25 research papers and a book on Seed Technology.  Dr. Barua has devoting his research, teaching and extension activities basically in Plant Taxonomy, Phytogeography, Ecology and Crop Environment, Weed Biology and Management, Ethnobotany and Biodiversity Conservation.  He is a bare footed plant explorer and member of many scientific associations.

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Title
Orchid Flora of Kamrup District, Assam
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8121101964
Length
x+207p., Tables; Plates; Figures; Maps; References; Index; 25cm.
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