FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION        : ANGIOSPERMS (ORCHIDACEAE) Ph.D., Degree in Botany, and the specialization in Taxonomy, thesis Title is “Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Dendrobium Sw., (Orchidaceae) in India.”

SPECIAL INTEREST                       : Angiosperms

PRESENTLY WORKING ON

FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR

FLORA OF (AREA)                          : Plants of AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden.

E-MAIL                                              :   cmsabapathy[at]bsi[dot]gov[dot]in;            

m_saba[at]rediffmail[dot]com;                      

ON GOING OTHER PROJECTS     :   GIS phyto-mapping & Digitization of Shrubs and      

                                                                        trees in AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden

COMPLETED PROJECTS                :  Digitization of Herbarium Specimens at CAL

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS               :  

A. Research articles/papers                 :

1.            Sabapathy, C.M., B.K. Singh & A. Pramanik. 2016. Flying kites: A Threat to Conservation of Plants in AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden, India. Ind. J. Bio. Sc. 22:41-43.

2.            Vikas Kumar, M.R. Debta, C.M. Sabapathy and H.J. Chowdhery 2013. The orchids of West Bengal, India - A check list in Phytotaxonomy 13:8-22.

3.            H.A. Barbhuiya, S.K.Singh, C.M. Sabapathy 2012. Dendrobium darjeelingensis – a less known orchid, New record for Assam, Keanean Journal of Science 1:13-15.

4.            Agrawala, D.K., H.J. Chowdhery & C.M. Sabapathy 2010. Dendrobium amoenum Lindl. – Description and Illustration of two colour variants of a beautiful Himalayan Orchid. The Orchid Review 118 (1290): 76 – 79.

5.            Agrawala, D.K., H.J. Chowdhery and C.M.Sabapathy 2009. Eria glandulifera Deori & Phukan (Orchidaceae) – A new Distributional record for Arunachal Pradesh J.Non Timb.For.Prod 16(2):153-154.

6.            Avishek Bhatacharjee & C.M.Sabapathy 2010.  A New Species of Zeuxine Lindl. (Orchidaceae) from India’ Tiwania 55(4): 342-345.

7.            Avishek  Bhattacharjee, H.J. Chowdhery and C.M. Sabapathy 2009. Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex. Hook. (Orchidaceae) – First report of its occurrence in Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Journal of Forestry 32(4):649-52.

8.            Agrawala, D.K.,H.J. Chowdhery, C.M. Sabapathy,  A. Bhattacharya and S. Choudhury 2008. Novel Method of making Botanical Illustrations with special reference to Indian Orchids In: G. Maiti and S.K. Mukherjee (eds.) Multidisciplinary Approaches in Angiosperm Systematics 1: 306-312. University of Kalyani, West Bengal.

9.            Agrawala, D.K., & Sabapathy, C.M. 2008. Malaxis cylindrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze (Orchidaceae): a new record for West Bengal, Indian Journal of Foresty, India. 31(2): 285-286.

10.        Sabapathy C.M., 2007. A New Name for Dendrobium meghalayense C.Deori et al., Indian Journal of Forestry, 30 (3): 371

11.        M.R. Debta, C.M. Sabapathy & H.J. Chowdhery 2007. A Contribution to the Flora of Singalila National Park, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, J. Econ.Taxon.Bot. 31 (3): 547-59.

12.        Agrawala D.K., C.M. Sabapathy & Buru Tam 2005. The Orchidaceae of Mouling National Park, Arunachal Pradesh  in A.K.Pandey, Jun Wen & J.V.V. Dogra (Eds.), Plant Taxonomy: Advances and Relevance: 251-266. CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi.  

13.        D.K. Agrawala, C.M. Sabapathy & H.J. Chowdhery 2004. Bulbophyllum trichocephallum var. wallongense ( Orchidaceae), a new variety from Arunachal Pradesh, India, Indian J. Forestry 27(3):305-307.

B. Books                                             :

C. Book chapters                                : 

D. Hindi articles                                  :

Singh, B.K., C.M. Sabapathy, A. Pramanik & S. Kumar. 2016. Patangi Manjhe aur Dhago se Bharatiya Vanaspati Uddyan me Utpanna Khatre. Vanasapati Vani 25:97-100.

E. Popular articles                               :

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS

A. New taxa described                       :

·         Bulbophyllum trichocephallum var. wallongense ( Orchidaceae), a new variety from Arunachal Pradesh

·         Zeuxine chowdheryi Av. Bhattacharjee & C.M. Sabap.

B. New distributional records to                                                                                                                    India and region       :

·         Malaxis cylindrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze (Orchidaceae): a new record for West Bengal

·         Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex. Hook. (Orchidaceae) – First report of its occurrence in Arunachal Pradesh

·         Eria glandulifera Deori & Phukan (Orchidaceae) – A new Distributional record for Arunachal Pradesh

 C. Any other novelties                       :

·         A New Name for Dendrobium meghalayense C.Deori et al.,