Rediscovery of Nilgiri Mallow Abutilon neelgerrense var. fischeri T.K. Paul & M.P. Nayar (Malvaceae) after a century from southern India

Authors

  • Varsha Vilasrao Nimbalkar Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004, India.
  • Arun Prasanth Ravichandran Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India.
  • Milind Madhav Sardesai Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4598.11.10.14388-14390

Keywords:

Endemic, Tamil Nadu, Theni, Western Ghats

Abstract

Abutilon neelgerrense var. fischeri T.K. Paul & M.P. Nayar, a rare endemic taxon, has been rediscovered after a century from Theni District in Tamil Nadu.  The present study provides detailed morphological description, key to the varieties with additional characters and images.

Author Biographies

  • Varsha Vilasrao Nimbalkar, Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004, India.

    Department of Botany

    Research Scholar

  • Arun Prasanth Ravichandran, Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India.

    Plant Biology and Systematics

    Research Scholar

  • Milind Madhav Sardesai, Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India.

    Department of Botany

    Professor

References

Mabberley, D.J. (2017). Mabberley’s Plant Book, A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses, 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1102pp.

Paul, T.K. (1993). Malvaceae, pp. 257–394. In: Sharma, B.D. & M. Sanjappa (eds.). Flora of India. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 3: 639pp.

Paul, T.K. & M.P. Nayar (1985). A new variety of Abutilon neelgherrense Munro ex Wt. (Malvaceae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 25(14): 183–184.

Sivarajan, V.V. & A.K. Pradeep (1996). Malvaceae of southern peninsular India: A Taxonomic Monograph. Daya Publishing House, Delhi, 312pp.

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Published

26-08-2019

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 10 (2019)

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