Rediscovery of Pedicularis denudata (Orobanchaceae), a little known, rare herb after 135 years from India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 461 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-138
Author(s):  
DIPANKAR BORAH ◽  
RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH ◽  
ARTI GARG
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Tropical Mountains ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Southern Western Ghats

The hemi-parasitic genus Pedicularis Linnaeus (1753: 607) contains about 671 species, distributed mainly in temperate to tropical mountains and subarctic area of the world, and is the largest genus of the family Orobanchaceae (POWO 2020, Borah et al. 2020, Garg et al. 2020). Presently, 86 species, 13 subspecies and 9 varieties are known from India, of which 20 species, 5 subspecies and 5 varieties are endemic (Husain et al. 2010, Garg & Singh 2015, Singh et al. 2016, Borah et al. 2020, Garg & Singh 2020, Garg et al. 2020). The Himalayan region hosts 83 species, 13 subspecies and 9 varieties, while 2 species Pedicularis perrottetii Bentham (1846: 565) and P. zeylanica Bentham (1835: 54) are confined to the southern Western Ghats.

Salvia misella (Lamiaceae)—A new record for Asia from the southern Western Ghats of India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 230 (3) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Sunojkumar P ◽  
Pradeep A K
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
New Record ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Culinary Herbs ◽  
Plant Families

The mint family, Lamiaceae is generally regarded as being one of the most highly derived plant families from the viewpoint of floral structures (Hedge 1992). The family is best known for their essential oils common to many members of the family and are a major source of culinary herbs. Within the subfamily Nepetoideae tribe Mentheae, the subtribe Salviineae includes 8 genera with about 954 species in the world (Harley et al. 2004). The genus Salvia L. (1753: 23) alone account for over 900 species in the subtribe and is the largest genera in Labiatae (Mabberley 2008). It is a tropical and subtropical genus mostly found in montane areas with the major diversity in Mediterranean, Central Asia, the highlands of Mexico and the Andes in South America (Rodrigues-Hahn et al. 1992).

A Catalogue of Indian Hydraenidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5087 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-570
Author(s):  
JOYJIT GHOSH ◽  
JAGDISH SAINI ◽  
DEVANSHU GUPTA ◽  
SUJIT KUMAR GHOSH ◽  
KAILASH CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Gangetic Plains ◽  
The Family ◽  
Semi Arid

This catalogue lists 46 valid species included in 7 genera and two subfamilies of the family Hydraenidae (Coleoptera), recorded from India. The subfamily Hydraeninae accommodates 24 species (5 genera), and Ochthebiinae 22 species (2 genera). We include synonyms, type localities, type depositories, and distribution of the species. The Himalayan region supports the maximum diversity (31 species), followed by Deccan Peninsula (5 species), Western-Ghats (5 species), Northeast (4 species), Gangetic Plains (4 species), Semi-Arid (2 species), and Islands (one species).  

Knema flavostamina (Myristicaceae), a new species from southern Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 461 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
MURUGAN GOVINDAKURUP GOVIND ◽  
MATHEW DAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Evergreen Forests ◽  
The Family ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Myristicaceae Brown (1810: 399), the pantropical ‘nutmeg family’, comprise 21 genera and 520 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). The family thrives in the dense evergreen forests of the Western Ghats and is represented by three genera, viz. Gymnacranthera (Candolle 1855: 31) Warburg (1896: 94), Knema Loureiro (1790: 604) and Myristica Gronovius (1755: 141) (Nayar et al. 2014). Knema, one of the major genera of Myristicaceae with 93 species, is distributed in Indomalaya (Mabberley 2018). In India, the genus is represented by eight species, of which the endemic Knema attenuata (Wallich in Hooker & Thomson, 1855: 157) Warburg (1896: 590) is the only species in the Western Ghats (Sinclair 1961, Nayar et al. 2014, Banik & Bora 2016).

Ixora ravikumarii, a new name for Ixora monticola Gamble (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 263 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
RAMALINGAM KOTTAIMUTHU
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Name ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Western Ghats

Ixora Linnaeus (1753: 110) is the third largest genus of the family Rubiaceae with more than 500 species distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world (Mouly et al. 2009). The genus Ixora is easily recognized by its articulate petioles, tetramerous flowers, bilobed stigma, uni-ovulate locules and seeds with a large adaxial hilar cavity (De Block 2008). In India, the genus is represented by 47 species (Barbhuiya et al. 2012; Murugan & Prabhu 2014; Karthigeyan & Arisdason 2015). Among of them, Ixora agasthyamalayana Sivadasan & Mohanan (1991: 313), I. beddomei Husain & Paul (1986: 87), I. gamblei Ramachandran & Nair (1988: 220), I. johnsonii Hooker (1897: 139), I. lawsonii Gamble (1920: 247), I. malabarica (Dennstedt 1818: 37) Mabberley (1977: 539), I. manantoddii Husain & Paul (1991: 16), I. mercaraica Husain & Paul (1986: 88), I. monticola Gamble (1920: 246) and I. sivarajiana Pradeep (1997: 315) are endemic to Western Ghats (Singh et al. 2015). During the verification of Ixora species from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, the author found that the name Ixora monticola Gamble (1920: 246) is an later illegitimate homonym of I. monticola (Hiern 1870: 177) Kuntze (1891: 287). Therefore, a new name, Ixora ravikumarii Kottaim., is proposed here as a replacement name for I. monticola Gamble.

scholarly journals ERIOCAULON MEENACHILENSE, A NEW TUBEROUS SPECIES OF ERIOCAULACEAE FROM THE SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Anoop P Balan ◽  
Robi Aloor Jose
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
The Family ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Eriocaulon meenachilense, a new species of the family Eriocaulaceae from the southern Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Eriocaulon idukkianum and E. tuberiferum but differs in its short, linear-subulate, stiff leaves, solitary 6-angled peduncle, inflexed involucral bracts, eglandular petals, and yellow anthers and seeds.

scholarly journals The genus Asterina and its anamorph on Elaeocarpus species in Southern Western ghats of peninsular India

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
V. B. Hosagoudar
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
The Family ◽  
Southern Western Ghats

The present study observed that the family Elaeocarpaceae comprises three genera: Elaeocarpus, Sloanea and Muntingia in India. Of these, Elaeocarpus munronii, E. serratus, E. tectorius and E. tuberculatus were found infected with Asterina gamsii, A. elaeocarpi var. ovalis, A. elaeocarpicola and Asterostomella elaeocarpi-serrati in the Southern Western Ghats of peninsular India. All these species are described and illustrated in detail.

scholarly journals Colour aberration in Indian mammals: a review from 1886 to 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 13690-13719
Author(s):  
Anil Mahabal ◽  
Radheshyam Murlidhar Sharma ◽  
Rajgopal Narsinha Patil ◽  
Shrikant Jadhav
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Colour Morph ◽  
Spotted Deer ◽  
The World ◽  
Southern Western Ghats

The phenomena of colour aberration (albinism, leucism, piebaldism, melanism, hypomelanism, and blue-eyed colour morph) is reported in various mammalian species throughout the world including India.  A total of 239 such instances in Indian mammals was tabulated in this study along with maps showing locations of the records.  The records from 1886 to 2017 (till July) were gathered from published scientific literature, magazines, and images uploaded on various websites.  The records were reviewed along with their order-wise and family-wise representation and were analyzed.  Appropriate identification of colour aberration was attempted on the basis of any presented evidence.  Altogether, 56 (out of 421) mammalian species belonging to eight orders and 19 families were reported to exhibit various types of colour aberrations, amounting to 13.3% of the total mammalian species found in India.  Of these, albinos constituted 21.8%, leucistic 14.2%, piebald 5.4%, melanistic 25.5%, hypomelanistic 18.4%, and blue-eyed white morph 1.3%; the remaining 13.4% was undetermined.  The study highlights 1) the absence of records of colour aberrations in the largest mammal family Vespertilionidae, which contrasts with studies elsewhere, 2) the persistent occurrence of albinos in Spotted Deer and Blackbucks in Gujarat, 3) the high number of melanistic leopards in India over the years and recent instances of melanistic Asian Golden Cats in Sikkim, 4) regular records of hypomelanism in Gaurs of the southern Western Ghats except in the last few years.  Overall, a need for further studies in colour aberration in mammals is urged.

scholarly journals Ixora predeepii, a new species of Rubiaceae from southern Western Ghats, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Anoop P. Balan ◽  
Harikrishnan Shanmugam
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Taxon ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
General Appearance

Ixora predeepii, a new species of the family Rubiaceae from Southern Western Ghats, India is described and illustrated. It is allied to Ixora elongata Heyne ex D. Don in general appearance, but differs from the latter by its small habit, short peduncled congested inflorescence, small purplish white flowers with glabrous corolla and scarlet berry.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 23(1): 65-69, 2016 (June)

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