Revision of <i>Amorphophallus</i> Blume ex Decne. Sect. <i>Rhaphiophallus</i> (Schott) Engl. (Araceae) in India

Abstract

The genus Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne. (Araceae), with more than 200 species, is one of the most taxonomically difficult genera of the family, and in fact is one of the moderately understood of all Asian aroid genera. The 11 sections recognised by Engler have been currently reduced to 10, and out of the 10 sections three, viz. Candarum Engl., Conophallus (Schott) Engl. and Rhaphiophallus (Schott) Engl. are represented in India. Rhaphiophallus as recognized now including sect. Synantherias comprises eight species: Amorphophallus bonaccordensis Sivad. &amp; N. Mohanan, A. hohenackeri (Schott) Engl. &amp; Gehrm., A. konkanensis Hett., S. R.Yadav &amp; K. S. Patil, A. longiconnectivus Bogner, A. margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth, A. mysorensis E. Barnes &amp; C. E. C. Fisch., A. smithsonianus Sivad., and A. sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth. Herein A. bhandarensis S. R.Yadav, Kahalkar &amp; Bhuskute is recognized at the new rank of variety, as A. mysorensis var. bhandarensis (S. R. Yadav, Kahalkar &amp; Bhuskute ) Sivad. &amp; Jaleel. The name Amorphophallus sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth is lectotypified here. All except A. sylvaticus (also occurring in Sri Lanka) are endemic to India.Keywords: Araceae; Amorphophallus; Rhaphiophallus; India; Endemics.DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v18i1.7835Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 18(1): 1-26, 2011 (June)

Revision of <i>Amorphophallus</i> Blume ex Decne. Sect. <i>Amorphophallus</i> (Araceae) in India

“…Conophallus. Jaleel et al (2011) Among the species of A. sect. Amorphophallus, the two species, viz.…”

“…The methodology adopted in earlier works (Jaleel et al, 2011(Jaleel et al, , 2012 have been followed in the present work. Extensive and exhaustive field explorations covering all seasons were made all over India for collection and recording relevant data of the specimens.…”

A taxonomic revision of <i>Amorphophallus</i> Blume <i>ex</i> Decne. Sect. <i>Conophallus</i> (Schott) Engl. (Araceae) in India

“…The sectional classification of Engler (1911) has several drawbacks as per the present taxonomic standards. A brief account on the taxonomic history of Indian species of Amorphophallus has very recently been provided by Jaleel et al (2011) and it contained reference to earlier relevant works of Hooker (1894), Bogner et al (1985), Sivadasan (1986Sivadasan ( , 1989, Sivadasan et al (1994), Hetterscheid et al (1994), Bogner (1995, Mayo et al (1997), Sivadasan and Jaleel (1998a, b, 2000a, b, 2001) and Yadav et al (2009. The genus is reported to be under revision and is supposed to include pollen morphology, odour biochemistry and pollination biology, and molecular data ( Van der Ham et al, 2005).…”

“…Amorphophallus sect. Rhaphiophallus which is the largest in India has been published recently (Jaleel et al, 2011). The present paper deals with revision of Amorphophallus sect.…”

“…is represented by more than 200 species (Mayo et al, 1997;Jaleel et al, 2011). Engler (1911) recognized 11 sections under the genus based on 78 species, and additional 12 species were treated as doubtful or not at all known.…”