Atulananda Das (1879–1952) was an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

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and forester noted for working for the

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur t ...

region of the Indian Forestry Service and describing species in the families

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Ebenaceae The Ebenaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to order Ericales. The family includes ebony and persimmon among about 768 species of trees and shrubs. It is distributed across the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world. It ...

, Dipterocarpaceae,

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All specie ...

, Euphorbiaceae,

Helwingiaceae The genus ''Helwingia'' consists of shrubs or rarely small trees native to eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and northern Indochina. It is the only genus in the family Helwingiaceae. Description The plants have alternate, evergreen or deciduous leave ...

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, Lauraceae,

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, Fagaceae, and

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. In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the

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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

1879 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Indian botanists Indian foresters Botanists from British India {{India-botanist-stub