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FLORISTIC COMPOSITION OF LAWACHARA FOREST IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 1 - 9)

An annotated checklist of the angiosperm genetic resources of Lawachara forest in Bangladesh was prepared to provide information on the plant diversity it contained. A total of 159 plant species was recorded under 123 genera and 60 families in Lawachara forest. As regards to their growth habits, some 78 species were found as trees, 14 species as shrubs, 42 species as herbs and 25 species as climbers. As regards to the diversity of species and genera, about 123 genera were recorded of which, Ficus and Syzygium were the largest genera having 7 species each. Terminalia and Dioscorea were the second largest genera with 4 species each followed by Artocarpus, Calamus, Piper, Alpinia and Curcuma having 3 species each. A total of 106 genera was recorded with a single species each. As regards to family composition, about 60 families were recorded in the list of which Leguminosae was the largest family having 12 genera with 13 species. Compositae was the second largest family containing 7 genera with 7 species each. Euphorbiaceae and Gramineae were the third largest family containing 6 genera and 6 species each followed by Anacardiacea, Apocynaceae and Rubiaceae with 5 genera and 5 species while verbanaceae containing 5 genera with 6 species. Combretaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Guttiferae, Musaceae, Myrtaceae and Piperaceae were represented by single genus with multiple species each, and 30 families with only single species each.Download