AN ACCOUNT OF SAMBUCUS L. IN THE HIMALAYAN REGIONS OF INDIA

Keeping conformity with the taxonomic study on Caprifoliaceae Juss. in India the present authors could record as many as four species of SambucusL. (S. adnata Wall. ex DC., S.canadensis L., S.javanica Blume and S.wightiana Wall. ex Wight et Arn.) from the subtropical and temperate regions of the Himalaya. The present taxonomic account of Sambucus includes an artificial key to the identification of the concerned species, their brief description, information about flowering and fruiting periods, distribution and specimens examined.