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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.
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[2]
[3] In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the
Linnean Society of London.
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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