A Note on the Occurrence of Acer oblongum var. oblongum in Eastern Ghats of India

Hansda Shashi Sourav, Sailaja Nandan Ray, Prasad Kumar Dash

Abstract


Acer oblongum Wall. Ex DC. var. oblongum (Sapindaceae) has been discovered from Mahendragiri hills, Gajapati, Odisha, part of the Eastern Ghats, India growing at an elevation of 1197 m amsl which constitutes a new generic record for flora of Odisha and new distributional record for Eastern Ghats of India. The present finding extends its distribution from North India to Eastern Ghats of India which enhanced the phytogeographic significance of Eastern Ghats.


Keywords


Mahendrgiri hill, Odisha, Sapindaceae, peninsular India

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