A new species of Sonerila (Melastomataceae) from the Western Ghats of India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 404 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARUTHAKKUTTY MURUGESAN ◽  
VELLINGIRI RAVICHANDRAN ◽  
CHIDAMBARAM MURUGAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Acuminate Apex ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Sonerila coimbatorensis sp. nov. is described here. The new species is closely allied to S. gadgiliana Ratheesh & Sivad., by its acaulescent habit and the presence of a tuber, but differs in having smaller leaves (1.5–4.5 cm wide) with 3–5 nerves, sparsely glandular petiole, single inflorescence with 1–4 flowers, terete peduncle with 6–18 cm long, pedicel and hypanthium green, petals abaxially with a glabrous midrib and with acuminate apex, style 0.4 cm long and glabrous capsule.

First record of the myrmicine ant genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAHID ALI AKBAR ◽  
HIMENDER BHARTI ◽  
MARIUSZ KANTURSKI ◽  
AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
National Park ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Here we describe and illustrate Syllophopsis peetersi sp. nov. from Silent Valley National Park, a biodiversity hotspot region of the Western Ghats of India. The discovery also marks a first native report of the genus from the Indian subcontinent. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis was carried out to elucidate the general morphology and sensilla of the new species. The new species is similar to congeners from Madagascar, but with larger differences from species that occur elsewhere.

A new species of Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) from Madhya Pradesh, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 291 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
MUJAFFAR SHAIKH ◽  
ARJUN PRASAD TIWARI ◽  
ARUN NIVRUTTI CHANDORE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Old World ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Old World Tropics ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

The genus Chlorophytum Ker Gawler (1808: 1071) is one of the major genera of family Asparagaceae, with about 190 species (Govaerts et al. 2015). It is distributed in the old world tropics, especially in Africa, Asia and Australia (Poulsen & Nordal 2005, Mabberley 2005). According to Malpure & Yadav (2009) the genus is represented by 17 species in India, of which 15 is occur in the Western Ghats. Recently, four more species of Chlorophytum have been described from Western Ghats of India: Chlorophytum belgaumense Chandore et al. (2012: 527), C. sharmae Adsul et al. (2014: 9503), C. palghatense K.M.P. Kumar & Adsul in Kumar et al. (2014: 282) and C. clivorum Mathew & George (2015: 379).

A new species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4221 (4) ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
R.R. RACHANA ◽  
R. VARATHARAJAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Brownish Yellow ◽  
Hydrangea Macrophylla ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Thrips laurencei sp.n. is described from specimens collected on flowers of Hydrangea macrophylla in Western Ghats range of Tamil Nadu, India. This new species shows sexual dimorphism in colour, with the females brownish yellow with brown shadings but the males uniformly yellow.  

Chlorophytum belgaumense, a new species of Asparagaceae from the Western Ghats of India

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Chandore ◽  
N. V. Malpure ◽  
A. A. Adsul ◽  
S. R. Yadav
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Bryocrumia Malabarica Spec. Nova (Bryophyta, Hypnaceae), A Second Species of the Genus from the Western Ghats of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 165-170
Author(s):  
C. N. Manju ◽  
B. Prajitha ◽  
R. Prakashkumar ◽  
W. Z. Ma
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Stream Channel ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Central Strand ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species similar to Bryocrumia vivicolor, the only known species in the genus Bryocrumia, is described as Bryocrumia malabarica spec. nova from the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats of Kerala in Peninsular India. It resembles Homalia in external appearance and was collected in a rheophytic habitat along a stream channel in the evergreen forest. The new species is characterised by closely arranged leaves with distinct tricostate, ovate-rounded to truncate leaves, upper margin of leaf rounded with fine serrations and an inconspicuous central strand in stem cross section.

Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4109 (2) ◽  
pp. 218 ◽  
Author(s):  
NEELESH DAHANUKAR ◽  
RAJEEV RAGHAVAN ◽  
ANVAR ALI ◽  
RALF BRITZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species
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