Abstract

• The research deals with taxonomic study on some member of rosaceous plants distributed in Waingmaw Township in Kachin State. The area lies between 25°22' and 25°44' North latitude and 97°12' and 97° 24' East longitude. The total area was 1883.17 sq km and the elevation ranges from 146 m to 1992 m above sea level. The member of rosaceous plants from Waingmaw Township were collected, preserved and identified from June 2017 to March 2019 in Department of Botany, University of Myitkyina. These species are Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai, Neillia sinensis Oliv., Prunus cerasoides D.Don., Prunus mume (Siebold) Siebold & Zucc., Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai, Rosa chinensis Jacq, Rosa clinophylla Redout & Thory, Rubus corchorifolius L. f., Rubus ellipticus var. obcordatus Focke., Rubus reflexus Ker Gawl., Rubus rosifolius Sm. were included. Among them, Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai, Neillia sinensis Oliv, Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai, Rosa chinensis Jacq. and Rubus reflexus Ker Gawl. are not recorded in previous list of Myanmar. These species are very valuable for compilation of Flora of Myanmar.