50 New records of some wild species from

Bangladesh angiosperm flora, 15 wild

orchids and 5 epiphytic plants of Bangladesh
Zinia nasrin shumon1
1
Plant researcher, RDA Campus, Bogura, Bangladesh
Corresponding author: zinianasrin5@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
The present study is providing the new distributional records of more than 50 new
records of Angiosperm family from all over Bangladesh. This is also a record of 40
angiosperm flora, 15 wild orchids and 5 epiphytic plants of Bangladesh All specimen
examined and described in short list. A total of 70 species of New records from
Bangladesh. Noted that no wild orchids list in Bangladeshi flora.

ANGIOSPERM DIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH

Table 1. Diversity of angiosperm new record species of Bangladesh.
Trees = 7, Shrubs = 10, Vines & Lianas = 8 & Herbs = 16; Total = 41
[Rest 20 species are additions to the Angiosperm flora of Bangladesh.]

No Scientific name Family Bengali Type

name
1. Aerva radicans Mart. Amaranthaceae মূলী Herb
ছায়া/চায়া
2. Ampelocissus sikkimensis Vitaceae সিসিম বুন া Vine
(M.A.Lawson) আঙ্গু র
3. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae িুলসি Herb
শাি/িলুপ
4. Cautleya spicata (Sm.) Zingiberaceae িুগন্ধী আদা Herb
Baker
5. Crossandra Acanthaceae ি িাম্বরী Sub-
infundibuliformis (L.) shrub
Nees
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 6. Crossandra Acanthaceae আগুন গাছ Sub-shrub
infundibuliformis (L.)
Nees
7. Cullen corylifolium (L.) Fabaceae বাবসচ Herb
Medik.
8. Curcuma aromatica Zingiberaceae িস্তুরী আদা Herb
Salisb.
9. Cynanchum annularium Apocynaceae জীবন্তী িুল/ Climber
(Roxb.) Liede & Khanum লতা আিন্দ
10. Distimake aegyptius (L.) Convolvulaceae সমশনরর Climber
A.R.Simões & Staples ররামশ িলমী
11. Distimake dissectus Convolvulaceae র ায়াই Climber
(Jacq.) A.R.Simões & িলমী/
Staples দুপুর িলমী
12. Embelia ribes Burm.f. Primulaceae িৃসমঘ্না/সিডং Climber
13. Epipremnum aureum Araceae মাস প্ল্যান্ট Vine &
(Linden & André) Liana
G.S.Bunting
14. Exacum tetragonum Roxb. Gentianaceae রশরইতক্তি/িু Herb
চুরী
15. Hemiorchis burmanica Zingiberaceae বাসমজ ি Herb
Kurz িুুঁইনিা া
16. Hibiscus acetosella Welw. Malvaceae িল Sub-shrub
ex Hiern ররানজলা
17. Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae রি াি Shrub
18. Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Malvaceae িাদা রলাব Shrub
Kuntze জবা
19. Hydnocarpus castaneus Achariaceae চালনমাগড়া Tree
Hook.f. & Thomson গাছ
20. Impatiens balsamina L. Balsaminaceae রগালাপ Herb
রদা’পাটি
21. Impatiens parasitica Bedd. Balsaminaceae পরজীসব Climber
রদা’পাটি
22. Impatiens taihmushkulni Balsaminaceae মুশিুল ী Herb
Chhabra & Ramneek রদা’পাটি
23. Impatiens toppinii Dunn Balsaminaceae তসপ ীর Herb
রদা’পাটি
24. Indigofera hirsuta L. Fabaceae ররামশ Sub-shrub
ীলগাছ

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 25. Memecylon cerasiforme Melastomataceae রছাি অঞ্জ Tree
Kurz িুল/
িুরমা গাছ
26. Nephelium ramboutan-ake Sapindaceae রদশী Tree
(Labill.) Leenh. রামবুিা
27. Piper divaricatum G.Mey. Piperaceae রম এর Shrub
সপপুল
28. Plumbago indica L. Plumbaginaceae অসিসচতা/রি Sub-shrub
সচতা
29. Psychotria nervosa Sw. Rubiaceae বুন া িসি Tree
30. Rhododendron Ericaceae রদশী Shrub
dalhousieae var. রনডানড নরা
dalhousieae
31. Sabia purpurea Hook.f. & Sabiaceae পাপলি িাসবয়া Climber
Thomson
32. Sarcococca wallichii Stapf Buxaceae বক্স গাছ Shrub
33. Solanum betaceum Cav. Solanaceae িমাসরনলা/গাছ Tree
িনমনিা
34. Strobilanthes hamiltoniana Acanthaceae বর্ারি ঘসন্টিুল Sub-shrub
(Steud.) Bosser & Heine হ্যাসমল্টন র
ঘসন্টিুল
35. Strobilanthes pavala Acanthaceae ময়ুরপঙ্খী Herb
(Roxb.) J.R.I.Wood রুনয়সলয়া
36. Syngonium podophyllum Araceae সিনঙ্গাস য়াম Vine &
Schott Liana
37. Tradescantia fluminensis Commelinaceae িবুজ Herb
Vell. ইক্তিপাতা
38. Tradescantia pallida Commelinaceae রবগু ী হৃদয় Herb
(Rose) D.R.Hunt
39. Tradescantia zebrina Commelinaceae রজব্রা Herb
Bosse ইক্তিপাতা
40. Viburnum odoratissimum Viburnaceae সমটি মধুর Tree
Ker Gawl. গাছ
41. Vicia sativa subsp. nigra Fabaceae স নরা রিচ/ Herb
Ehrh.
42. Zanthoxylum armatum Rutaceae রতজবতী Tree
DC.
43. Zephyranthes minuta Amaryllidaceae রগালাপী Herb
(Kunth) D.Dietr. বর্াি
ি ু ল/

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 রগালাী
ররই সলসল
44. Osyris lanceolata Hochst. Santalaceae বুন া চন্দ Tree
& Steud.
45. Torenia violacea (Azaola) Linderniaceae রবগু ী Herb
Pennell িনরস য়া

Vascular Epiphytic Plants

46. Davallia solida Polypodiaceae হ্সরণ পায়া Epiphytic
(G.Forst.) Sw.
47. Nepenthes khasiana Nepenthaceae িলসি Liana
Hook.f. উক্তিদ
48. Striga asiatica (L.) Orobanchaceae লাল চুনলা hemiparasitic
Kuntze ডাই ী

49. Striga densiflora Orobanchaceae সশিনড়র Root-Parasite

(Benth.) Benth. িুল
50. Utricularia graminifolia Lentibulariaceae ঘািপাতার Helophyte
Vahl থনল িুল

51. Utricularia striatula Sm. Lentibulariaceae Lithophyte

52. Utricularia striatula Sm. Lentibulariaceae সচনড়পাপস Carnivorous
plant
53. Utricularia uliginosa Lentibulariaceae জলার থনল Helophyte
Vahl িুল

Color description: Tree, Shrub, Herb, Vine &

Climber, Epiphyte for recorded but not introduced yet properly.

Orchids
1. Coelogyne punctulata 11. Bulbophyllum crassipes Hook.f.
Lindl.

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 2. Cymbidium mastersii 12. Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Griff. ex Lindl. (Wall.) Lindl. ex Wall.
3. Vanda cristata Wall. ex 13. Bulbophyllum odoratissimum
Lindl. (Sm.) Lindl. ex Wall.
4. Dendrobium nobile Lindl. 14. Coelogyne cristata Lindl.
5. Bulbophyllum reptans 15 Liparis resupinata Ridl.
(Lindl.) Lindl. ex Wall.
6. Dendrobium longicornu
Lindl.
7. Cymbidium aloifolium
(L.) Sw.
8. Dendrobium
porphyrochilum Lindl.
9. Coelogyne alba (Lindl.)
Rchb.f.
10. Pleione praecox (Sm.)
D.Don

Methods
List of these species is based on living plant. Available in Bangladesh. Most of them
from captured images, living plants, collecting information from other articles from
Researchers. Mentioning in references. Also from KEW organization. Description
& Maps too. Adding Bengali name also for introducing them in all over Bangladesh.

Taxonomic treatment
Angiosperm flora,Vascular plants, Orchids, p- 8, Fig. 1. (Map of Bangladesh)

TYPE: Bangladesh, 23.6850° N, 90.3563° E

Results & Conclusion

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All the plants from this paper
Studied, living plants images, herbarium
and from other sources (listed references);
it’s clear that all these species are in present
Bangladesh. Adding in maps of KEW
organization.

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