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Issue: Vol. 687 No. 1: 13 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.687.1.8
Page range: 109-114
Abstract views: 167
PDF downloaded: 12

A Taxonomic Note on Albizia arunachalensis (Fabaceae): An Endemic Species of North East India

Systematic Botany Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, 248006, INDIA
Systematic Botany Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, 248006, INDIA
Fabaceae Endemic Resurrection Taxonomy Arunachal Pradesh Eudicots

Abstract

Albizia arunachalensis K.C. Sahni & H.B. Naithani is a lesser-known endemic species from Kameng District in Arunachal Pradesh. However, a few authors have synonymized it with A. julibrissin Durazz. var. julibrissin. In the present article, A. arunachalensis has been compared to A. julibrissin, with resurrection of the taxon. Photographs and illustration of A. arunachalensis, and a key to species of Albizia in the Northeast India are presented here for the first time along with its detailed description.

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How to Cite

Naithani, H.B. & Kishwan, S. (2025) A Taxonomic Note on Albizia arunachalensis (Fabaceae): An Endemic Species of North East India. Phytotaxa 687 (1): 109–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.687.1.8