Atulananda Das

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.[1][2][3] In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Das is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]
  1. ^ "Obituary: Mr. Atulananda Das, I.F.S., Assam". The Indian Forester. 79 (9): 516. 1953. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ Edinburgh, Royal Society of (1951). Year Book. Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ "OBITUARIES". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 165 (2): 210–222. June 1955. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1955.tb00745.x. ISSN 0370-0461.
  4. ^ "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London: 5 December 1935". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 148 (1): 32. December 1935. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1935.tb00086k.x. ISSN 0370-0461.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Das.