Kangkan Kumar Das

About

I am a Field biologist having special interest on Angiosperm Taxonomy. Currently, I am working on the Taxonomic account of Acanthaceae in northeastern India.

Employment

• Assam University Research Scholar
  2021 - 2026
• Assam University Research
  2017 - Present

Education

• Assam University Ph.D.
  2021 - 2026
• Assam University M.Phil.
  2017 - 2019
• Gauhati University M.Sc.
  2011 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Rungia mastersii (Acanthaceae), a Rare Species Known Only From Its Type Collection, Rediscovered After 180 Years
  Feddes Repertorium 2026 DOI: 10.1002/fedr.70142
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• Disjunct Distributional Record of Heliotropium ovatum (Heliotropiaceae) from Mainland India
  National Academy Science Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s40009-026-02097-8
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• Lectotypification of the Name Ophiorrhiza geminata, Basionym of Polyura geminata (Rubiaceae)
  Feddes Repertorium 2026 DOI: 10.1002/fedr.70086
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• Deciphering Fungal Communities in Three Species of Phlogacanthus Nees (Acanthaceae) Using Amplicon-Metagenomic Analysis
  Current Microbiology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-025-04601-7
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• Lectotypification of two names of the genus Eranthemum (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae)
  Rheedea 2025 DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2025.35.03.08
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• Gregarious flowering in Bambusa bambos in Kamakhya Hills of Assam
  Indian Forester 2025 DOI: 10.36808/if/2025/v151i5/170446
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• Anatomy and palynology of two species of Staurogyne (Acanthaceae) from Assam, India
  Vegetos 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s42535-025-01242-w
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• Typification and nomenclatural notes of two names of the genus Thunbergia (Thubergioideae: Acanthacea)
  Rheedea 2024 DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.11
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• Lectotypification of Panicum assamicum, the basionym of Hymenachne assamica (Poaceae)
  Phytotaxa 2023 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.1.10
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• The identity of Phlogacanthus curviflorus var. menchanensis (Acanthaceae)
  Phytotaxa 2023 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.595.3.3
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