Madhuca diplostemon (C.B.Clarke) P.Royen
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered after 184 years
Distribution
Western Ghats, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
CLARKE C.B. 1882. Sapotaceae. In: HOOKER J.D. (ed.) Flora of British India. Volume 3. L. Reeve and Co., London. pp. 534-549.
ROYEN VAN P. 1960. Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense XX, Madhuca Gmel. Blumea 10: 1-117.
Other references:
S., Shailajakumari et al. (2020). Rediscovery of Madhuca diplostemon (Sapotaceae) - a threatened species of the Western Ghats, India, after a hiatus of 184 years. Rheedea 30(2): 270-277.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp. [lists the species as endangered]