A New Species of Tinospora (Menispermaceae) From South India

Abstract

A new species of Tinospora (Menispermaceae), Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep from the Western Ghats of Thrissur district, Kerala, South India, is described and illustrated.

Tinospora merrilliana (Menispermaceae): an addition to the flora of India

“…Tinospora Miers is a widespread genus in the family Menispermaceae comprising about 35 species and is distributed throughout tropical Africa, Madagascar, Asia to Australia and the Pacific Islands (Forman, 1981;Kessler, 1993;Pramanik & Gangopadhyay, 1993;Udayan et al, 2009;Mujaffar et al, 2014;Rajendran et al, 2016;Wang et al, 2017;Mabberley, 2017;Lian et al, 2019;Mishra, 2020a,b;Mishra & Mishra, 2020;Mishra et al, 2020a,b) During our field studies in the period 2016-2018 in the Telyababa forest range in Madhya Pradesh, specimens of Tinospora were collected, which on further scrutiny were identified as T. merrilliana Diels, a species so far only known from Borneo, Philippines and Sulawesi. Hence, it is reported here as a new addition to the flora of India.…”

Tinospora mahajanii (Menispermaceae), a new species from Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, India

“…The genus Tinospora Miers comprises about 32 species and is distributed throughout tropical Africa, Madagascar, Asia to Australia and the Pacific Islands (Forman, 1981;Kessler, 1993;Pramanik & Gangopadhyay, 1993;Mabberley, 2008;Udayan & Pradeep, 2009;Mujaffar et al, 2014;Rajendran et al, 2016). The genus Tinospora is represented by nine species in India viz., T. neocaledonica Forman and T. baenzigeri Forman (Mishra, 2020; from Madhya Pradesh.…”

Callus induction and organogenesis from Tinospora formanii Udayan and Pradeep: A rare endemic plant

“…Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep, a new species of the family Menispermaceae has been reported from the Western Ghats of Thrissur district, Kerala, South India (Udayan & Pradeep 2009). Tinospora formanii is a woody dioecious climber growing at an altitude of 500-650 m and is endemic to Kerala.…”