Dipcadi reidii Deb & S. Dasgupta, 1978
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1886
Rediscovered in July 2013
Distribution
Malipa, Kali valley, Eastern Kumaon (Uttarakhand), India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Deb, D. B. and Dasgupta, S. (1978). Revision of the genus Dipcadi Medik. (Liliaceae) in India and adjoining regions. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 75: 50-70. [Abstract]
Other references:
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Khoshoo, T. N. (1996). India needs a National Biodiversity Conservation Board. Current Science 71(7): 506-513.
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (compilers). (1987, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 1. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. xiii + 367 pp, 16 pls, figs. [pp. 178-179]
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] [p. 114]
Rawat, D. S. and Chandra, Satish. (2014). Presumed extinct Dipcadi reidii (Asparagaceae) recollected after 127 years from Uttarakhand, India. Rheedea 24(1): 1-4.
Rawat, D. S., Chandra, Satish and Chaturvedi, Preeti. (2022). Threatened flora of Uttarakhand: an update. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(12): 2230922328. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6330.14.12.22309-22328