Arisaema psittacus E.Barnes (1940:3405)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Arisaema psittiacus E.Barnes (1940:3405) [used by Henry et al., 1978:696]
Conservation Status
Last record: May 1937 (Nair et al., 1997 [1937]; Kumar, 2015:68 [1937]; Manudev et al., 2019:163 [May 1937])
Rediscovered on 23 May 2015 (Kumar, 2015:68 [rediscovered]; Manudev et al., 2019:163 [collection date])
Distribution
Idukki District, Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
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.
Gusman, G. and Gusman, L. (2006). The Genus Arisaema. A monograph for botanists and nature lovers, ed. 2: 1-474. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell.
Henry, A. N., Vivekananthan, K. and Nair, N. C. (1978). Rare and Threatened Flowering Plants of South India. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75: 684-697 [696].
Kumar, K. Kishore. (2015). A checklist to the vascular flora of Anamudi Shola National Park, Munnar, Idukki district, Kerala. Scientia 11(1): 51-73.
Manudev, K. M., Arunkumar, P.G. and Nampy, Santhosh. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Arisaema (Araceae) sect. Sinarisaema in India. Rheedea 29(2): 119-173.
Nair, K. N., Jayakumar, R. and Prathapachandran, R. (1997). Rediscovery of Arisaema psittacus (Araceae), a little known endemic and threatened species. Rheedea 7(2): 101-106. [Abstract]
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.
Shetty, B. V. and Vivekananthan, K. (1991). The endemic and endangered plants of the High Range, Idukki district, Kerala, pp. 135-154. In: Karunakaran, C. K. et al. (ed.). Proc. Symp. Rare Endangered and Endemic plants of Western Ghats. Kerala Forest Dept., Thiruvananthapuram. [considers the species possibly extinct (fide Kumar, 2015:68)]
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