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Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Assam. 3. General morphology of orchids. 4. Enumeration of orchid species. Glossary. Bibliography. Index to botanical names.

The book ‘Wild Orchids of Assam’ is the first ever comprehensive photographic and taxonomic treatment with an up-to-date enumeration of the orchids of Assam. It aims at providing the readers a detail of the orchid wealth of Assam and describe with colour pictures. It furnishes a general introduction, a brief description of Assam with climate, vegetation, botanical history of orchid study, habitat and orchid population, ethnobotany, threats and conservation of orchids within Assam; morphology of orchids followed by a detailed analysis of 396 specific and 10 intraspecific taxa belonging 101 genera of native orchids known from Assam. All the species are enumerated with names of genera alphabetically and, again, species under each genus alphabetically. In the enumeration while a generic name is provided with the author citation and generic description only, a species binomial is followed by author citation, common English name, species description, flowering and fruiting, habitat, status in Assam, distribution in Assam and general distribution.

It is hoped that it will serve as a comprehensive identification guide not only for botanists but also for foresters, nature lovers, orchid lovers, nursery men and amateur orchid growers.