Ischaemum janarthanamii (Poaceae, Andropogoneae), a New Species from the Western Ghats, India: Evidence from Morphological and Molecular Data

Bokil, Sarang A.; Choudhary, Ritesh Kumar; Tamhankar, Shubhada; Datar, Mandar N.

doi:10.5735/085.057.0415

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“…also occur in this plateau. Recently, a number of new species were described from similar lateritic habitats of northern Kerala (Image 4 & 5) and plateaus of the Konkan region (Ansari et al 1982;Bhat & Nagendran 1983;Nair et al 1983;Yadav & Janarthanam 1994;Raju 1985;Potdar et al 2004;Gad & Janarthanam 2007;Raj & Sivadasan 2008;Yadav et al 2008Yadav et al , 2010Malpure & Yadav 2009;Prabhugaonkar et al 2009;Shimpale & Yadav 2010;Nandikar & Gurav 2011;Kambale et al 2012;Potdar & Yadav 2012;Prasad & Raveendran 2013a&b;Prasad et al 2012;Shahina & Nampy 2014;Gaikwad et al 2014;Biju et al 2016a,b,c;Darshetkar et al 2017;Bokil et al 2020). Most of the species described from such habitats belong to diverse families.…”

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Observations on the flowering plant diversity of Madayippara, a southern Indian lateritic plateau from Kerala, India

Pramod¹,

Pradeep

2021

J. Threat. Taxa

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Northern Kerala of southern India is characterized by widely spread lateritic plateaus which provide an extremely harsh physical environment for life leading to the development of specialized plant communities with a large number of endemic and habitat specific species. Madayippara, a midland lateritic plateau located in the Kannur District of northern Kerala is an icon of rich floristic diversity and endemism. The plateau forms a number of microhabitats due to the difference in geographic terrain and soil cover, thus forming a complex of habitats with diverse forms of plants, mainly ephemeral herbs. Out of the 636 flowering plant taxa recorded from the microhabitats of the plateau, within a limited area of 3.65km2, 160 (c. 25%) are endemics. Most of the endemic species occur in specialized microhabitats. The plateau is the type locality of 11 taxa. Lateritic plateaus of southern India, which are associated with characteristic and rich biodiversity, are now under varied types of anthropogenic threats such as large scale mining for bricks and clay, and they need urgent attention for conservation of the biodiversity.

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