The Grasses of North Eastern India
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Economic importance. 3. Area of the work. 4. Topography of the area. 5. History of botanical works in the N.E. region. 6. A brief chronological account of the botanical works. 7. History of Indian agrostology. 8. General vegetation of the area. 9. Glasslands of the north-eastern India. 10. Phytogeographical affinities of the N.E. region. 11. Materials and method. 12. Abbreviations used. 13. Gramineae A.L. de Jussieu. 14. Morphology of a grass plant. 15. Classification. 16. Key to the tribe. 17. Agrostideae Dumort. 18. Andropogoneae Dumort. 19. Arundineae Dumort. 20. Arudinelleae Stapf. 21. Aveneae Dumort. 22. Bambuseae Reichb. 23. Brachypodieae Harz. 24. Bromeae Dumort. 25. Centotheceae Ridley. 26. Chlorideae Agardh. 27. Danthonieae Nevski. 28. Eragrosteae Stapf. 29. Fesuceae Dumort. 30. Garnotieae Tateoka. 31. Glycerieae Endl. 32. Isachneae Benth. 33. Maydeae Dumort. 34. Oryzeae Dumort. 35. Paniceae R. Br. 36. Phaenospermeae Roshevitz. 37. Phalarideae Kunth. 38. Sporoboleae Stapf. 39. Stipeae Dumort. 40. Thysanolaeneae C.E. Hubb. 41. Triticeae Dumort. Bibliography. Index.
"The book covers the grass flora of the present seven states of the region comp rising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura; lying between 21'80o-29'50o N latitude and 8946o-97'40oE longitude with an area approximately of 1,21,913 sq km.
More than 480 taxa of gasses having confirmed distribution within the area have been discussed many of which are illustrated by 88 line drawings; 2 maps of the area are also provided.
Distribution of grass species in this region is quite interesting having some endemic elements and also a few species showing discontinuous distribution. Several species found in the adjoining areas of W. Bengal, Bangla Desh and Myanmar have not been collected so far from the area.
Earlier work on the grasses of this region was by Bor, 1940 (Flora of Assam-Vol. V). During this interval of more than 50 years much knowledge has accumulated on the grass families. Lot of changes in distribution data, nomenclature and circum-scription of several genera and species have taken place. An effort has been made to incorporate and update all these information.
It is hoped that this book will be useful to all the workers engaged in the taxonomy of various families, forest officers, agriculture scientists and specialists in soil conservation and environmental studies." (jacket)
[U. Shukla is ons the staff of the Botanical Survey of India.]
