TAXONOMIC STUDY ON FIFTEEN SPECIES OF TREES FOUND IN TAMU DISTRICT OF SAGAING REGION
Abstract
- The present research deals with diagnostic characters on fifteen species of trees found in Tamu District of Sagaing Region. This area lies between 23° 20´ and 24° 40´ North latitude, 94° 00´ and 94° 40´ East longitude. All the specimens were collected from Tamu District in Sagaing Region from 2017 to 2019. The fifteen species were collected, classified, identified and preserved. In this paper, 15 species belonging to 11 genera of 10 families were presented. The economically valuable timber species are Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz, Lagerstroma speciosa (L.) Pers., Shorea obtusa Wall, S. siamensis Miq., Tectona grandis L.f and T. hamitoniana Wall.. The individual species of taxonomic information were presented with relevant photographs. An artificial key to the species was constructed.
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Year
- 2022
Author
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Tin Myo Khaing
Subject
- Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Botany and Marine Science, Geology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)