Miliusa flaviviridis (Annonaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 255 (2) ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAVENDU V. PAGE ◽  
MEENAKSHI POTI ◽  
KALIAMOORTHY RAVIKUMAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Ca 50 ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Floral Characters ◽  
A New Species

Miliusa Leschenault ex A.DeCandolle (1832: 213) is characterized by a combination of floral characters such as sepaloid outer petals, densely hairy torus (receptacle), stamens with connectives not extending over the thecae and four-part lamellate ruminations of the endosperm (Chaowasku et al. 2013). Miliusa consists of ca. 50 species with four varieties, distributed from India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan to Australia through the Malayan islands, Philippines and Papua New Guinea (Mols & Keßler 2003). Chaowasku et al. (2013) included 27 species in their phylogenetic study and identified four well-supported clades, each characterized by a set of morphological characters. However, none of the species endemic to India was included in their study.

A new species of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) from Nilgiris, southern Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 224 (3) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
M P Geethakumary ◽  
Alagramam Govindasamy Pandurangan ◽  
S Deepu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae), C. nilagiricum is described and illustrated on the basis of distinct morphological characters known from Nilgiris, southern Western Ghats, India.  It is allied to C. dubium but differs in the nature of trunk; shape, size and smell of leaves; 4-locellate anthers of whorl III stamens etc.  A detailed description, distribution, phenology, illustration, colour plates and relevant notes are provided.

A distinct new species of riparian rock-dwelling gecko (genus: Hemidactylus) from the southern Western Ghats

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4434 (1) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
ACHYUTHAN N. SRIKANTHAN ◽  
PRIYANKA SWAMY ◽  
ASHWINI V. MOHAN ◽  
SAUNAK PAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Hill Range

We describe a new species of rock-dwelling gecko, Hemidactylus paaragowlipaaragowli sp. nov., from the Agastyamalai Hill Range, in the southern Western Ghats. Morphological and molecular data support the distinctiveness of the species and its close relationship to other large-bodied, tuberculate Hemidactylus spp. from the H. prashadi group from India and Sri Lanka. This species belongs to a rupicolous complex and can be distinguished from other members of the group based on the following characters: 22–24 longitudinal rows of fairly regularly arranged, subtrihedral, weakly keeled, striated tubercles at midbody; 9–11 and 10–12 subdigital lamellae on the first and fourth digits, respectively, of both manus and pes; tail with transverse series of four enlarged tubercles on each tail segment; 10–12 femoral pores on each side separated by 16–18 scales without pores; 11–13 supralabials and 9–10 infralabials. 

Plectranthus sahyadricus (Lamiaceae): a new species from Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 345 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
KOKKARANIYIL SMITHA ◽  
PURAYIDATHKANDY SUNOJKUMAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Calyx Tube ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Floral Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Plectranthus sahyadricus is described from Munnar, southern Western Ghats, India. The species shows similarity with Plectranthus beddomei, in its stem and leaf characters but differs mainly by presence of a ring of hairs at young nodes, floral characters like cyme length, number of flowers per cyme, structure of the fruiting calyx tube, anterior corolla lip not fully opened and form an inverted dome over mouth, presence of hairs inside corolla tube and size of the disc. Detailed description, IUCN red list category and other relevant notes are provided.

A new species of Gomphidia Selys, 1854 (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BABU ◽  
K.A. SUBRAMANIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gomphidia Selys, 1854 is described from southern Western Ghats, India based on a male specimen. The new species is very distinct from all the known species of Gomphidia from Indian subcontinent. Revised keys to the males and known females of Gomphidia of India and Sri Lanka are provided.  

scholarly journals Memecylon viswanathanii, a new species of Melastomataceae from Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), India

Webbia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Ramasamy Rajesh ◽  
Perriasamy Sakthidhasan ◽  
Rajasekar Chinnaiyan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Floral Characters ◽  
A New Species

Memecylon viswanathanii R.Rajesh, P.Sakthidhasan & C.Rajasekar, a new species of Melastomataceae, is described and illustrated from the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the southern Western Ghats of India. M. viswanathanii is close to M. parvifolium Thwaites and M. varians Thwaites but differs by several vegetative and floral characters. The species is assessed here as Critically endangered as per IUCN Red List.

A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4981 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-468
Author(s):  
S.R. GANESH ◽  
ASHOK KUMAR MALLIK ◽  
N.S. ACHYUTHAN ◽  
KARTIK SHANKER ◽  
GERNOT VOGEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

We conducted a molecular phylogenetic study on the Boiga ceylonensis group from the Western Ghats of India, building on a recent morphology-based study. Our analysis supports previous work in elucidating the phylogenetic position of B. nuchalis and B. beddomei s. str. (of Matheran, Western Ghats) as clustering closely with B. ceylonensis, while B. flaviviridis clustered with the Sri Lankan taxon close to B. ranawanei. Additionally, our phylogenetic study revealed the presence of an undescribed taxon in the Southern Western Ghats, more closely related to B. ceylonensis than to any other sampled taxon, including sympatric congeners. This new taxon is described here as a new species Boiga whitakeri sp. nov. from the Devar Malai–Anaimalai hill complex. Based on molecular and morphometric studies, we expand the description of the recently described B. thackerayi as inhabiting almost the entire stretch of the Western Ghats. We also complement the diagnoses of B. nuchalis and B. flaviviridis, and determine the phylogenetic position of B. thackerayi with molecular data. 

A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. SHAREEF ◽  
E. S.SANTHOSH KUMAR ◽  
T. SHAJU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Lasianthus agasthyamalayanus (Rubiaceae), a New Species from the Southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 87-91
Author(s):  
Jagadeesan Raveendran ◽  
Sam Paul Mathew ◽  
Gangaprasad Appukuttannair ◽  
Ettickal Sukumaran Santhosh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Glycosmis nelliyampathiensis (Rutaceae), a new species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 496 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
MANJAKULAM KHADHERSHA JABEENA ◽  
VADAKKEVEEDU JAGADEESH ASWANI ◽  
MAYA C NAIR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Glycosmis nelliyampathiensis from Nelliyampathy hill ranges of southern Western Ghats, Palakkad, Kerala, India is described and illustrated here. The plant differs from its allied species G. angustifolia in terms of its unifoliolate leaves, elliptic leaflets, 1–4 flowered monochasial cymose inflorescence, hairiness of the corolla apex, sub-capitate stigma and ellipsoid-oblong fruit.

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