Skip to main navigation menu Skip to main content Skip to site footer


Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

A note on the occurrence of endemic and threatened Lepidagathis diffusa (Acanthaceae) in Andhra Pradesh, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172804

Published 2023-07-27

  • G. Susmitha
    • ,
  • J. Ranjana
    • ,
  • K. Nethaji
    • ,
  • G. Varshini
    • ,
  • P. Ranjithkumar
    • ,
  • L. Rasingam

G. Susmitha
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, CGO Complex, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

J. Ranjana
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, CGO Complex, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

K. Nethaji
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, CGO Complex, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

G. Varshini
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, CGO Complex, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

P. Ranjithkumar
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, CGO Complex, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

L. Rasingam
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, CGO Complex, Kendriya Sadan, Koti, Hyderabad–500 095, Telangana

Abstract

Lepidagathis diffusa C.B. Clarke, an endemic and threatened species known from few localities of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, is reported here as a new addition to the flora of Andhra Pradesh. A detailed description, photographs and distribution map are provided for easy identification.

Keywords

Additions, Eastern Ghats, Flora, Threat

PDF

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

  1. ARISDASON, W., P. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN, K. KARTHIGEYAN, G. KRISHNA, D. ALBERTSON, P. VENU, D. PANJA, T. GHOSH, H.S. DEBNATH, G. GNANASEKARAN, G.V.S. MURTHY AND D.K. ROY 2020. Acanthaceae, In: A.A. MAO & S.S. DASH (eds.), Flowering Plants of India An Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Kolkata. pp. 270–296.
  2. CLARKE, C.B. 1885. Acanthaceae. In: Hooker, J.D. (ed.), The Flora of British India, Vol. 4. L. Reeve & Co. London, pp. 387–558.
  3. DHATCHANAMOORTHY, N., N. BALACHANDRAN AND K. RAVIKUMAR 2017. Rediscovery and lectotypification of Lepidagathis diffusa (Acanthaceae), an endemic species from southern India, Rheedea 27(2): 96–98.
  4. GAMBLE, J.S. 1923. Flora of the Presidency of Madras, Vol. 2. Adlard and Son Ltd., London, pp. 579–1346.
  5. GNANASEKARAN, G., A.F.J. KING, S.M. KASIM AND W. ARISDASON 2023. Lepidagathis gandhii (Barlerieae: Acanthaceae), a new species from Tamil Nadu, India. Kew Bulletin 78. 203–212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10086-z
  6. KAMEYAMA, C. 2008. New species, nomenclatural changes and lectotypifications in Neotropical Lepidagathis Willd. (Acanthaceae). Kew Bulletin 63: 565–581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9066-2
  7. KUMARI, G.R. 1987. Acanthaceae. In: A.N. Henry, G.R. Kumari & V. Chithra (eds.), Flora of Tamil Nadu, India. Vol. 2, Ser. I: Analysis. Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore. pp. 138–162.
  8. LIANG, Y., S.T. GENG, L.T. EVANGELISTA AND J.C. WANG 2016. Lepidagathis boholensis, a new name of Philippine Acanthaceae, Phytotaxa 252(2): 131–136.
  9. POWO, 2023. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http www.plantsoftheworldonlie.org retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. PRASAD, K. AND A.M. REDDY 2020. Lepidagathis rajasekharae (Acanthaceae), a new species from the Seshachalam hills of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India, Phytotaxa 470(1): 112–116.
  11. PULLAIAH, T., A. MOULALI AND S. SANDHYA RANI 2018. Flora of Andhra Pradesh, 2nd revised edition, Vol. 4. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India. pp. 1317–1832.
  12. SINGH, P., K. KARTHIGEYAN, P. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN AND S.S. DASH 2015. Endemic Vascular Plants of India. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 339 pp.
  13. VAJRAVELU, E. 1990. Lepidagathis diffusa C.B. Clarke In: M.P. Nair & A.R.K. Sastry (eds.), Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 3. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>