Ipsea malabarica (Reichb. f.) Hook. f.

Malabar daffodil orchid

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1850

Rediscovered on 5 October 1979 by N. C. Nair (Biju, 1999:155; contra Manilal & Kumar, 1983)

Distribution

Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Biju, S. D. (1999). Chronicle of Discoveries - The Pursuit of Plants, pp. 145-174. In: Manoharan, T. M., Biju, S. D., Nayar, T. S. and Easa, P. S. (eds.). Silent Valley: Whispers of Reason. Kerala Forest Research.

Manilal, K. S. and Kumar, S. C. (1983). Rediscovery of Ipsea malabarica (Reichb. f.) Hook. f., an endemic orchid species from Silent Valley. Bull. Pure Appl. Sci 2: 38-41.

Martin, K. P. (2003). Clonal propagation, encapsulation and reintroduction of Ipsea malabarica (Reichb. f.) J. D. Hook., an endangered orchid. In Vitro Cell Dev. Biol. Plant 39: 322.

Martin, K. P. and Madassery, Joseph. (2005). Rapid in vitro propagation of the threatened endemic orchid, Ipsea malabarica (Reichb.f.) J D Hook through protocorm-like bodies. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 43: 829-834.

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. 258-260]

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]

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