Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

Zingiber montanum (J. Koenig) Link ex A. Dietr. (Zingiberaceae): An addition to the Flora of Odisha

Sifan Priyadarshini, Sabita Tudu, Sudam C Sahu^♦

Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada-757003, Odisha, India

^♦Corresponding author
Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada-757003, Odisha, India

ABSTRACT

While documenting the ethnobotanical information on food and medicinal values of Zingiberaceous plants of Odisha, the reported plant was found growing near a stream from Ranpur block of Nayagrah District, Odisha. After critical microscopic observation and review of available literature, the specimen is identified as Z. montanum (J. Koenig) Link ex A. Dietr. It is newly added to the Flora of Odisha. The detailed taxonomic description, phenology, photographs, and conservation status of the plant are provided in this paper.

Keywords: New report, Odisha, Taxonomy, Zingiber montanum, Zingiberaceae

Species, 2023, 24(74), e71s1577

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e71s1577

Published: 27 August 2023