Uniyala multibracteata (Gamble) H.Rob. & Skvarla (2009:153)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Vernonia multibracteata Gamble in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 340 (1920)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1880 (Gamble, 1920, 1921; Nayar & Sastry, 1987:90; Raju et al., 2024)

Erroneously reported as rediscovered by (Kumar et al., 2012)

Rediscovered on: 15 March 1998 or 15 March 1997 (specimen) (Raju et al., 2024:25107,25110); 2022 (recognition) (Raju et al., 2024)

Distribution

Western Ghats (southern), India

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Gamble, J. S. (1920). Decades Kewensis. Bull. Misc. Inform. 1920: 340-341.

Other references:

Gamble, J. S. (1921). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Allard & Son and West Newman Ltd, London. 475 pp.

Kumar, E.S.S., P.E. Roy, S.M. Shareef & S.S. Usha (2012). Rediscovery of Uniyala multibracteata (Gamble) H. Rob & Skvarla (Asteraceae) from the southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(5): 2587-2589.

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. 90]

Raju, R., J. Joseph, K.S. Divya, C. Badekar & J. Augustine (2024). Uniyala multibracteata (Gamble) H.Rob. & Skvarla (Asteraceae: Vernoniae): notes on its identity and rediscovery. Journal of Threatened Taxa 16(4): 25107–25110. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8763.16.4.25107-25110

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/researchers-rediscover-rare-tree-species-in-wagamon-after-140-years/article68161724.ece

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