Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H. J. Lam.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: c.1884 (Kumar et al. 2004)
Rediscovered in 2004 or before
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Karnataka & Kerala States, India (southern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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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. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Joshi, Geeta et al. (In Press, 2019). Rescuing Madhuca insignis (Sapotaceae), an extremely narrow endemic species to South Western Ghats, India. Journal for Nature Conservation. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2019.125760 [Abstract]
Kumar, G. K., Shenoy, H. S. and Kaveriappa, K. M. (2004). Rediscovery of Madhuca insignis (Radlkofer) H.J.Lam (Sapotaceae) – A critically endangered species of the Western Ghats, India. Phytomorphology 54(3-4): 209-213. [Abstract]
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Mondal, Soma and Rai, V. Ravishankar. (2021). Molecular profiling and anti-infective potency of endophytic actinomycetes inhabiting Madhuca insignis Radlk., from Western Ghats of India. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 19: 36.
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (eds.). (1990, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 3. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 271 pp. Illus., col. illus. [p. 247-248]
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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]
Raveendran, K. (2013). Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J.Lam. (Sapotaceae) – new addition to the flora of Kerala. Zoo’s PRINT 28(4): 25-26.
Ravikumar, K., Sankar, R. V., Ved, D. K. and Bhat, K. G. (2004). Is Madhuca insignis (Radlk) H.J.Lam (Sapotaceae) really extinct? Phytotaxonomy 4: 119-123.
Shenoy, H. S., Rajasekharan, P. E., Souravi, K. and Anand, M. (2014). Extended distribution of Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J. Lam. (Sapotaceae) -A Critically Endangered species in Shimoga District of Karnataka. Zoo’s Print Journal 29(6): 21-23.
Sivaraj, N., Venkateswaran, Kamala, Pandravada, S. R., Reddy, M. Thirupathi Reddy and Rajasekharan, P. E. (2020). Threatened Medicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats and Their ConservationThreatened Medicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats and Their Conservation, pp. 31-62. In: Rajasekharan, P. E. and Wani, Shabir Hussain (eds.). Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. xviii + 565 pp. [still lists the species as possibly extinct]
Souravi, K., Rajasekharan, P. E., Rao, V. Keshava and Babu, C.S. Bujji. (2015). Chemical Investigation of the Riparian Tree Species Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H. J. Lam. (Sapotaceae) by GC-MS Profiling. American Journal of Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics 3(8): 562-569.
Udayan, P. S. (2004). A new location for Madhuca insignis (Radlk.) H.J.Lam.-A rare, endemic and red listed plant near Venur of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. Sliva’s Newletter. 2004; PP. 295.
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.
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https://therevelator.org/endangered-tree-seeds/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhuca_insignis