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Amomum carnosum (Zingiberaceae): a new species from Nagaland, north-east India

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A new species of Amomum, A. carnosum from Nagaland, north-east India is described and illustrated. Its IUCN status is assessed as Endangered.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for the financial assistance to the research projects on Indian Zingiberaceae (BT/PR6735/PBD/16/605/2005 and SP/SO/PS-115/2009). Thanks are due to Department of Forests, Nagaland for providing necessary forest permission. We are also thankful to Dr J. F. Veldkamp, L, for the Latin diagnosis and to Dr Mark Newman, RBGE, for critical comments on the species. We are thankful to V. A. Muhammed Nissar, Spices Board, Marayur and Moa, Nagaland University for help during specimen collection. We are grateful to the Director of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Deputy Director, BSI, Shillong, for necessary permission to study the specimens at CAL and ASSAM.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India

    V. P. Thomas & M. Sabu

  2. Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland, India

    S. K. Chathurvedi

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Thomas, V.P., Sabu, M. & Chathurvedi, S.K. Amomum carnosum (Zingiberaceae): a new species from Nagaland, north-east India. Kew Bull 67, 549–553 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9391-3

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