Sudhanshu Kumar Jain, Indian ethnobotanist (Amroha, Uttar Pradesh State 30 June 1926 –

Authored 325 papers and 43 books on taxonomy, ethnobotany, economic botany, conservation and medicinal plants

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Species

Arthraxon junnarensis 1971 with Hemadri  

Arthraxon raizadae 1972 with Hemadri & Deshpande

Coelogyne hitendrae 1978 with Das

Coelogyne raizadae 1978 with Das

Coelogyne schultesii 1978 with Das

Enteropogon coimbatorensis 1977 with Nair & Nayar

Garnotia normannii 1979 with Prakash

Glyphochloa mysorensis 1969 with Hemadri

Glyphochloa santapaui 1969 with Deshpande

Hedychium pynursulaeanum 1986 with Srivastava

Isachne swaminathanii 1983 with Prakash

Others

1 form, 1 subspecies and 5 varieties

HONOURS

President, International Society of Tropical Ecology

Harshberger Medal (1992)

W. Carey Medal (2006)

Distinguished Economic Botanist Award, United States (first Asian to receive it) 1999 

Genus Jainia N.P. Balakrishnan 1980 (Rubiaceae)