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Floristic Study of Karnaphuli Range in Kaptai Reserve Forest, Rangamati, Bangladesh

Md. Rishad Abdullah*
Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensigh, Bangladesh

AKM Golam Sarwar
Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensigh, Bangladesh

Md. Ashrafuzzaman
Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensigh, Bangladesh

Md. Mustafizur Rahman
Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensigh, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A botnical survey was conducted in Kaptai reserve forests under Rangamati district in Bangladesh to study the flora of Karnaphuli range from May 2015 to October 2018. The survey was accompanied by a collection of voucher specimens enumerates 464 plant species belonging to 334 genera under 117 families from the forest range. The survey has confirmed 31 threatened forest species from this area along with many near threatened plant species.

Keywords: Flora; Vascular plants; Reserve forest; Threatened plants; Kaptai

Location: Kaptai reserve forests under Rangamati district in Bangladesh May 2015 to October 2018

Start Date: 00-05-2015

End Date: 00-10-2018

Program Area: Resource Development and Management

Commodity: Flower

Objectives:

Our objective is to develop baseline information of the flora of Karnaphuli range of the Kaptai reserve forest which will eventually helpful for sustainable conservation and management activities by policymakers.

Methodology:

The present study was carried out based on 27 field-investigation results from May 2015 to October 2018. Study area location confined in Karnphuli Sadar beat, Khalmukh beat of Karnaphuli range. During the field investigations, only those plants with reproductive organs such as flowers, fruits, and spores were collected as voucher specimens to maintain accuracy, and the collected specimens were stored at the Arshad Ali Khan Herbarium of Botanical garden in Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The herbarium specimens were examined for comparison at the Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka University Salar Khan Herbarium and Bangladesh Forest Research Institute Herbarium. The occurrences of the plants noted in the forest were compared with accounts gives in Hooker (1872-1897). Heining (1925), Uddin et al. (1998), Alam (1988), Ahmed et al. (2008), Khan et al (2001). Threatened plants were categorized with the help of Khan et al. (2001), Ahmed et al. (2008) and Ara et al. (2013). For nomenclature databases of The Plant List (2013) and Pasha and Uddin (2013) were also consulted.

Source of Information: : https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345196846

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.20944/preprints202009.0432.v1

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Achievement/Findings:

The present study revealed a total of 31 species threatened plant species which were more than Dutta et al. (2014) and Uddin and Hasan (2010). Dutta et al. (2014) recorded 29 rare and endangered species from Sitakunda Botanical Garden and Eco-Park while Uddin and Hasan (2010) recorded 19 threatened plant species from the Lawachara National Park, Bangladesh. Considering the results of these similar studies from different forest areas of Bangladesh, we can conclude that the Karnaphuli Range of Kaptai Reserve forest possesses comparatively well-diversified flora.

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