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FLORISTIC COMPOSITION OF MADHUPUR SAL FOREST IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 25 - 33)

An annotated checklist of the angiosperm genetic resources of Madhupur sal forest in Bangladesh was prepared to provide information on the plant diversity it contained. A total of 174 plant species was recorded under 131 genera and 54 families in Madhupur sal forest of which about 102, 17, 34 and 21 species were classified as under tree, shrub, herb and climber, respectively according to their growth habits. A total of 131 genera were inventoried, and as regards to diversity of species by genera, Ficus was the largest genus having 10 species followed by Dioscorea and Syzygium with 4 species each. Terminalia, Acacia, Albizia, Bauhinia, Artocarpus and Calamus contained 3 species each. Some 106 genera were found with only one species each. As regards to family composition, a total of 54 families were recorded in the list. Of these, Leguminosae was the largest family having 15 genera with 24 species. Euphorbiaceae was the second largest family containing 8 genera with 9 species followed by Apocynaceae with 6 genera and 6 species. Combretaceae, Cyperaceae, Ebnaceae, Lauraceae, Lythraceae, Palmae and Rhamnaceae were represented by single genus with multiple species each and 14 families had single species only. Download