Rediscovery of Syzygium kanarense (Talbot) Raizada (Myrtaceae) - an endemic species of the Western Ghats, India

Authors

  • H.S. Shenoy Department of Applied Botany, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Karnataka 574199, India
  • G. Krishnakumar Department of Applied Botany, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Karnataka 574199, India
  • Ramakrishna Marati Pilikula Nisargadhama Society, Moodushedde, Mangalore, Karnataka 575028, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3298.6833-5

Keywords:

Critically Endangered, Myrtaceae, rediscovery, Syzygium kanarense, Western Ghats.

Abstract

Syzygium kanarense - a rare and critically endangered species of the Western Ghats has been rediscovered after a gap of 47 years from the evergreen forests of the North Kanara District, Karnataka-India.

 

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Nayar, M.P. (1996). Hotspots of Endemic Plants of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Trivandrum, 252pp.

Raizada, M.B. (1948). Syzygium kanarense (Talbot) Raizada (Myrtaceae). Indian Forester 74: 336.

Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka - Vol. II. Oxford & IBH Publishers, 304pp.

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Published

26-01-2015

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

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