Notes on taxonomic identity and typification of Fagraea coromandelina (Gentianaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 360 (3) ◽  
pp. 292
Author(s):  
DIVYA K. VENUGOPAL ◽  
DANI FRANCIS ◽  
VISHNU MOHAN ◽  
SANTHOSH NAMPY
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South India ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Boundary ◽  
Persistent Calyx

The genus Fagraea Thunberg (1782: 132), belonging to the family Gentianaceae, is represented by 70 species in the world (Struwe et al. 2002). It is distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, New Guinea, French Polynesia, China, Philippines and Australia. Clarke (1885) reported 5 species from the present political boundary of India, of which 2 species were recorded by Gamble (1921) from South India. The genus includes glabrous epiphytic trees or shrubs, with simple, opposite and coriaceous leaves, fragrant flowers and pulpy berries with a persistent calyx.

Drechslera incurvata. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
New Hebrides

Abstract A description is provided for Drechslera incurvata. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cocos nucifera. DISEASE: A leaf spot of young coconut (Cocos nucifera). The spots are at first small, oval, brown; enlarging and becoming pale buff in the centre with a broad, dark brown margin. In severe attacks the edges of leaves become extensively necrotic. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Apart from records from Jamaica and Seychelles the fungus has been reported only from S.E. Asia, Australasia and Oceania: British Solomon Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Malaysia (W., Sabah, Sarawak), New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand. TRANSMISSION: Presumably air dispersed.

A new late Paleozoic chondrophorine (Hydrozoa, Velellidae) by-the-wind sailor from Malaysia

1986 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
George D. Stanley ◽  
Thomas E. Yancey
Keyword(s):  
Late Paleozoic ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Great Abundance ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

A new medusoid hydrozoan,Plectodiscus malayitesn. sp., belonging to the Family Velellidae is described from Carboniferous rocks of the Malay Peninsula. They are preserved as flattened internal float structures or pneumatophores and are the first examples from this part of the world. In contrast to other occurrences, the great abundance of these sailed organisms suggests that, like extant species ofVelella, these organisms were an important component of the pelagic fauna and were at least locally abundant in open seas of the late Paleozoic.

Cinnamomum verum (cinnamon).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Pasiecznik
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South India ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Tropical Soils ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
Breast Height ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Main Producer

Abstract C. verum (cinnamon), formerly known as C. zeylanicum, is a small tree up to 18 m tall with a diameter at breast height of 60 cm. It grows naturally in forests in Sri Lanka and the western Ghats of South India and is now under cultivation in many parts of the world, including the Secheylles, Java, Brazil and Jamaica. The best cinnamon bark is still produced in Sri Lanka, the main producer and exporter of cinnamon. In its natural habitat this species is found growing from the lowlands up to an altitude of 700 m. C. verum is a hardy species which tolerates a wide range of tropical soils.

scholarly journals REVISION OF THE WORLD SPECIES OF ARADOPHAGINI (HYMENOPTERA: SCELIONIDAE)

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (10) ◽  
pp. 1089-1100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lubomir Masner ◽  
Lars Huggert
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
South India ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
World Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World

AbstractSeven species of Aradophagini are classified in three genera. Aradophagus Ashmead includes A. fasciatus (USA, Canada, Europe) A. pulchricornis n. sp. (Mexico, USA), and A. microps n. sp. (South India). Ladora n. gen. includes L. brunnea n. sp. (type-species: Morocco, Mallorca, Gambia), L. maura n. sp. (South Africa), and L. trjapitzini n. sp. (Central Asia). Abuko n. gen. with A. sarotes n. sp. (type-species: Gambia). The tribe Aradophagini is redefined and its taxonomic position in the family Scelionidae is discussed. Keys to genera and species of Aradophagini are given.

Taxonomic Diversity of the Quill Mites of the Family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Associated With Old World Parrots (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Marciniak–Musial ◽  
Martin Hromada ◽  
Bozena Sikora
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Old World ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family

Abstract The quill mite fauna of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) are reviewed. Seven new species are described: Pipicobia cyclopsitta Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Double-Eyed Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma in Papua New Guinea; P. fuscata Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata in Papua New Guinea; P. tahitiana Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana in Tahiti (French Polynesia); P. malherbi Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Malherbe’s Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi in New Zealand; Lawrencipicobia eclectus Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus in Papua New Guinea; Neoaulobia pseudeos Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata in Papua New Guinea; and N. Skorackii Marciniak-Musial, Hromada & Sikora sp. nov. from the Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius in Australia.

scholarly journals Polystrata alba from the Ninniyur formation of the Cauvery Basin, South India

1970 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
S. Kishore ◽  
S. K. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Red Algae ◽  
South India ◽  
Calcareous Algae ◽  
Cauvery Basin ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Wide Geographic Distribution

The sediments of the Ninniyur formation (Paleocene) are characterized by exceptionally rich of calcareous algae. The present paper deals morphotaxonomical, palaeoecological and palaeogeographical aspects of the Polystrata alba (red algae). Polystrata alba (Pfender) Denizot is belonging to the family Peyssonneliaceae of the class Rhodophyceae. It is extent taxa, wide geographic distribution and known from early Cretaceous-Recent of the different part of the world. Key Words: Polystrata Alba; Palaeocene; Ninniyur; Formation; Cauvery Basin doi: 10.3126/eco.v12i0.3197 Ecoprint: An International Journal of Ecology 12: 59-63, 2005

Description of the tadpole of Hylarana aurantiaca (Anura:Ranidae) from Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-68
Author(s):  
KANISHKA D.B. UKUWELA
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South India ◽  
Common Frog ◽  
The Family ◽  
Frog Species

Presently 105 species of amphibians are known from Sri Lanka and the family Ranidae is represented by three species (Meegaskumbura and Manamendraarachchi, 2007). The genus Hylarana is represented by three species: the endemic H. gracilis, and H. aurantiaca and H. temporalis which also occur in South India (Pethiyagoda et al. 2006). Despite Hylarana aurantiaca being a common frog species in the low and mid elevations of the wet regions in Sri Lanka and India, its tadpole stages are poorly known. In this paper the tadpole of H. aurantiaca is described from specimens reared from spawn collected from central Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals Malay

1917 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-100
Author(s):  
C. O. Blagden
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Extreme Points ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Easter Island ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Extensive Area ◽  
The Real ◽  
The World ◽  
Asiatic Origin

The Malay language is one of the leading vernaculars of the world, and has been growing in importance of late years owing to the development of trade and particularly of the rubberplanting industry. It is an easy language to acquire a smattering of, as it involves few difficulties of phonetics, accidence, or syntax in the form of it which is current as a lingua franca. But this jargon bears the same relation to the real Malay language as the Pidgin English of the China ports does to our own English. The real Malay is the speech of the Malays themselves. It is a leading member of a vast family of languages, commonly styled the Austronesian, or Malayo-Polynesian, or Oceanic, family, which is of Asiatic origin, but has an almost entirely insular domain. It includes Madagascar, Indonesia, with a part of Formosa, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, as well as the greater part of the Malay Peninsula, a portion of the coast of New Guinea, the Mergui Archipelago off the coast of Tenasserim, and a small tract in Eastern Indo-China, which was probably the original centre of dispersion of the whole family. Its extreme, points in Polynesia are (inclusively) the Sandwich Islands, Easter Island, and New Zealand. With the exception of the languages of Northern Halmahera and a few Papuan ones in or near New Guinea, all the numerous native languages of this extensive area are related together and to Malay.

Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation in Sri Lanka

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudath Samaraweera ◽  
Athula Sumathipala ◽  
Sisira Siribaddana ◽  
S. Sivayogan ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
General Population ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
National Average ◽  
The West ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Completed Suicide ◽  
The World

Background: Suicidal ideation can often lead to suicide attempts and completed suicide. Studies have shown that Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world but so far no studies have looked at prevalence of suicidal ideation in a general population in Sri Lanka. Aims: We wanted to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation by randomly selecting six Divisional Secretariats (Dss) out of 17 in one district. This district is known to have higher than national average rates of suicide. Methods: 808 participants were interviewed using Sinhala versions of GHQ-30 and Beck’s Scale for Suicidal Ideation. Of these, 387 (48%) were males, and 421 (52%) were female. Results: On Beck’s Scale for Suicidal Ideation, 29 individuals (4%) had active suicidal ideation and 23 (3%) had passive suicidal ideation. The active suicidal ideators were young, physically ill and had higher levels of helplessness and hopelessness. Conclusions: The prevalence of suicidal ideation in Sri Lanka is lower than reported from the West and yet suicide rates are higher. Further work must explore cultural and religious factors.

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