Garcinia gamblei (Clusiaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India

Abstract

Garcinia gamblei, a new species of Garcinia from Ponmudi Hills, southern Western Ghats of India is described and illustrated. The new species is allied to G. pushpangadaniana another endemic species of southern Western Ghats.

Lectotypifications of Three Names in Garcinia, Synonymy of Garcinia pedunculata and Detailed Descriptions of Three Species in Garcinia Section Brindonia (Clusiaceae)

“…This genus contains 404 accepted species and is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics [1], with centres of diversity in Southeast Asia and Madagascar [2]. Previous studies on Garcinia revealed c. 60 species in the Malay Peninsula [3][4][5][6], 40 species in India [7][8][9][10][11][12][13], 34 species in Indo-China [14], 30 species in British India [15] and 20 species in China [16]. In Thailand, 20 species of the genus Garcinia were enumerated by Craib [17], the northern region had 6 species [18] and the peninsular region had 23 species (including 5 unidentified species) [19].…”

Garcinia cambogioides, the correct name for G. morella (Clusiaceae), its taxonomy, typification and notes on the status of G. pictoria

“…The genus Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae), with c. 250 species of trees and shrubs, has a pantropical distribution with species richness in Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent and Tropical Africa (Rogers & Sweeney, 2007;Shameer et al, 2016). The genus is represented in India by 31 species and 5 varieties (Maheshwari, 1964;Shameer et al, 2016Shameer et al, , 2017, distributed mainly in the three centres of diversity, Northeast India, the Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.…”

Taxonomic identity and occurrence of Garcinia spicata and G. talbotii (Clusiaceae) in peninsular India

“…The genus consists of c. 260 species, and distributed predominantly in tropical regions, especially Asia (Mabberley, 2017). In India, the genus is represented by 39 species and 7 varieties, of which 18 species and 5 varieties are endemic (Maheshwari, 1965;Singh, 1993;Sabu et al, 2013;Nayar et al, 2014;Sarma et al, 2016;Shameer et al, 2017). Garcinia talbotii Raizada ex Santapau is one of the species endemic to Western Ghats that produces edible fruits which can be used in culinary preparations.…”