Madhuca balakrishnanii (Sapotaceae), a new species from Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN SANTHOSH KUMAR ◽  
SREEDHARAN SHAILAJAKUMARI ◽  
SAINUDEEN MUHAMMED SHAREEF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Madhuca balakrishnanii (Sapotaceae), a new species from Kerala is here described with photographs. It is most closely similar to M. diplostemon and M. insignis but differs in having long stipules, sparsely hairy pedicels, abaxially hairy inner sepals, shorter corolla tubes with oblong lobes, fairly long densely hairy staminal filaments, shorter styles and ovoid fruits. The IUCN conservation status, ecology, distribution and phenology along with a key for the identification of Madhuca species in the Western Ghats is provided.

Strobilanthes orbiculata (Acanthaceae) a new species and notes on S. matthewiana from the southern Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 369 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
SINJUMOL THOMAS ◽  
BINCE MANI ◽  
SUSAI JOHN BRITTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Endemic Taxon ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species Strobilanthes orbiculata is described from the southern parts of the Western Ghats, India. It is a semelparous species found in the shola forests in Vattavada and Kundala in Idukki district of Kerala. Notes on pollen morphology, distribution, phenology, conservation status and photographic illustrations are given. Moreover, a short note on a narrow endemic taxon Strobilanthes matthewiana is also provided.

Symplocos mohananii sp. nov. (Symplocaceae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 480 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
JEYAMARY STEPHAN ◽  
PETER W. FRITSCH ◽  
RAJKUMAR AKHIL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae), Symplocos mohananii of S. sect. Lodhra, is described on the basis of material collected from the Ponmudi Hills in the Western Ghats region of India. The species is distinguished from all other species of S. sect. Lodhra by the presence of 9–12 corolla lobes arranged in two whorls. It is otherwise similar morphologically to S. complanata, S. macrophylla, S. pyrifolia and S. racemosa but differs by having shallowly crenate-serrate leaf margins, two unequal bracteoles and a pubescent style from the base to the apex. Information on the phenology, distribution and conservation status of the new species is provided, along with colour photographs and illustrations.

Strobilanthes tricostata, a new species of Acanthaceae from the Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 413 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
SINJUMOL THOMAS ◽  
BINCE MANI ◽  
SUSAI JOHN BRITTO ◽  
PRADEEP ANNAVI VEETTIL KRISHNA PILLAI
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Life History Strategy ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Strobilanthes tricostata, a new species with semelparous life history strategy, is described from the Megamalai hills, Tamil Nadu. Pollen morphology, phenology, distribution, conservation status and notes on allied taxa are provided along with illustrations.

A new species of the previously monotypic genus Iningainema (Cyanobacteria, Scytonemataceae) from the Western Ghats, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yevhen Maltsev ◽  
Elena Kezlya ◽  
Svetlana Maltseva ◽  
Balasubramanian Karthick ◽  
Petr Dvořák ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Two new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from the Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 334 (3) ◽  
pp. 233 ◽  
Author(s):  
BINCE MANI ◽  
SINJUMOL THOMAS ◽  
S. JOHN BRITTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats

Impatiens saulierea and I. josephia, two new species, are described from the Western Ghats, India. The former is collected from Kakkayam, Kozhikode and the latter from Idukki, Kerala. A detailed description of both taxa along with diagnostic characters between allied species, conservation status, pollen morphology and colour photographs are provided.

Exacum keralense (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 163 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-433
Author(s):  
M. P. Geethakumary ◽  
K. M. Prabhukumar ◽  
A. G. Pandurangan ◽  
S. Deepu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Impatiens megamalayana, a new species of Impatiens from the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 302 (2) ◽  
pp. 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. RAMASUBBU ◽  
C. DIVYA ◽  
N. SASI KALA ◽  
ANJANA SURENDRAN ◽  
A.K. SREEKALA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Floral Structure ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Impatiens megamalayana, a new species from Tamil Nadu, India is described and illustrated. This species is characterized by a ridged stem, ensiform and villous leaves, a wrinkled boat-shaped lower sepal with outwardly curved tip, ornamented seeds and strictly ovate pollen grains. This combination of characters makes determining the relationships of I. megamalayana difficult. The floral structure of I. megamalayana is closely allied to I. herbicola Hook.f. and I. inconspicua Benth. in Wall., the latter with three varieties, but it differs by several unique vegetative and floral features. Impatiens megamalayana is assessed as Critically Endangered in accordance with the IUCN guidelines. The habitat of the species is severely affected by landslides. As a result, effective strategies should be developed to protect I. megamalayana from exinction.

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.

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