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
Globally Rediscovered (Raju et al., 2024)
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 & Habitat
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:
Fräßdorf, Doreen. (n.d.). Liste ausgestorbener Pflanzen der Neuzeit / List of extinct plants in modern times. Available at: https://www.artensterben.de/liste-ausgestorbener-pflanzen/ [Accessed 27 September 2026]
Gamble, J. S. (1921). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Allard & Son and West Newman Ltd, London. 475 pp.
Kumar, E. S. S., Roy, P. E., Shareef, S. M. and Usha, S. S. (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
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