Amorphophallus longistylus Kurz ex Hook.f. (1893:515)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: April-June 1866 (Sivadasan & Jaleel, 1998:103)
Rediscovered in November 1997 (collection); May 1998 (confirmation via flowering) (Sivadasan & Jaleel, 1998:103)
Distribution
South Andaman & Middle Andaman, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. (1893). Flora of British India, Vol. 6: 515. England: L. Reeve & Co. Ltd.
Other references:
Engler, A. (1911). Araceae - Lasioideae, pp. 1-130. In: Enger, A. (ed.). Das Pflanzenreich 48 (IV.23C). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
Govaerts, R. and Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Jaleel, V. Abdul, Sivadasan, M., Alfarhan, Ahmed H., Thomas, Jacob and Alatar, A. A. (2014). Revision of Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne. Sect. Amorphophallus (Araceae) in India. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 21(2): 105-120.
Kurz, S. (1870). Report on the vegetation of Andaman Islands. (Ed. 2). Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing.
Rao, C. Kameswara, Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, Geetha. (2003). Red List of Threatened Vascular Plant Species in India: Compiled from the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. xxiv + 144 pp. [automatic download]
Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. and Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
Sivadasan, M. and Jaleel, V. Abdul. (1998). Rediscovery of Amorphophallus longistylus (Araceae), a little known rare endemic species from Middle Andaman, India. Rheedea 8(1): 103-106.
Srivastava, S. K. and Rao, P. S. N. (1993). The family Araceae in Adaman and Nicobar Islands, pp. 31-33. In: Higher Plants of Indian Subcontinent. (Addl. Ser., Ind. J. Forestry, No.VII), Vol. 4. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.