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Atulananda Das (1879–1952) was an Indian botanist and forester noted for working for the: Assam region of the——Indian Forestry Service. And describing species in the families Ericaceae, Ebenaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Helwingiaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Lauraceae, Acanthaceae, Fagaceae, and Symplocaceae. In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.

The standard author abbreviation Das is: used——to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Species described

  • Agapetes kanjilali Das (1935).
  • Agapetes racemosa Watt ex Kanjilal & Das (1939).
  • Dipterocarpus mannii King ex U.N.Kanj., P.C.Kanjilal & Das (1934).
  • Eugenia cyanophylla P.C.Kanjilal & Das (1937).
  • Flueggeopsis glauca (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Das (1940).
  • Helwingia lanceolata Watt ex Kanjilal, "P."C.Kanjilal & Das (1938).
  • Homalium ciliatum Debb. ex Kanjilal, "P."C.Kanjilal, Das & Purkayastha (1937).
  • Maba cacharensis Das & P.C.Kanjilal (1934).
  • Machilus dubia Das & P.C.Kanjilal (1937).
  • Machilus globosa Das (1937).
  • Mackaya atroviridis (T.Anderson) Das (1939).
  • Mackaya macrocarpa (Nees) Das (1939).
  • Mackaya neesiana (Wall.) Das(1939).
  • Neopeltandra macropus (Hook.f.) Das(1940).
  • Pasania milroyii (Purkayastha) Das (1940).
  • Phoebe cooperiana P.C.Kanjilal & Das (1937).
  • Reidia tetrandra (Roxb.) Das(1940).
  • Symplocos pealii King ex Das (1934).
  • Syzygium cyanophyllum (P.C.Kanjilal & Das) Raizada (1948).
  • Taxillus assamicus Danser ex Das (1940).

Works

  • Indian Forester lxxiv. 336 (1948).
  • Flora of Assam iv. p. (viii) (1940).
  • Assam Forest Rec., Bot. i. 19 (1934).

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Mr. Atulananda Das, I.F.S., Assam". The Indian Forester. 79 (9): 516. 1953. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ Edinburgh, Royal Society of (1951). Year Book. Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ "OBITUARIES". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 165 (2): 210–222. June 1955. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1955.tb00745.x. ISSN 0370-0461.
  4. ^ "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London: 5 December 1935". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 148 (1): 32. December 1935. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1935.tb00086k.x. ISSN 0370-0461.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Das.
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