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:
Dasgupta, S. and Deb, D. B. (1988). Dipcadi concanense (Dalz.) Baker, Dipcadi maharashtrensis Deb & Dasgupta, Dipcadi minor Hook. f., Dipcadi reidii Deb & Dasgupta, Dipcadi saxorum Blatter (Liliaceae). In: Nayar, M.P. & A.R.K. Sastry (Eds.), Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 1. BSI, Howrah. pp. 175-181.
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. [Abstract] [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Nayar, M.P. & Sastry, A.R.K. (eds.) (1987). Red data book of Indian plants: 1-367. Calcutta.
Rao, C. K., Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, G. (2003). Red list of threatened vascular plant species in India compiled from the 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants, ENVIS BSI Howrah, India, pp. 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.