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※
- ^ "Obituary: Mr. Atulananda Das, I.F.S., Assam". The Indian Forester. 79 (9): 516. 1953. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Edinburgh, Royal Society of (1951). Year Book. Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Das.