Caralluma diffusa (Wight) N.E.Br., 1850
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Boucerosia diffusa (Wight) N.E.Br., 1850
Conservation Status
Last record: November 1841
Rediscovered on 20 June 2008 (Ramachandran et al., 2011:1622)
Distribution
Kerala & Tamil Nadu, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wight, R. (1850). Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis. Vol. IV: t. 1599. J. B. Pharoah, Madras.
Other references:
Chorghe, Alok R., Prasad, K. and Rasingam, L. (2018). Notes on the Identity and Distribution of Caralluma diffusa (Apocynaceae) in Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. National Academy Science Letters. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-018-0681-7 [Abstract]
Gamble, J. S. and Fischer, C. E. C. (1923). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Newman and Adlard, London. (Reprint ed. Vol II, 1957. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta). 862pp.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. and Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae (2): 1-530.
Henry, A. N., Vivekananthan, K. and Nair, N. C. (1978). Rare and Threatened Flowering Plants of South India. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75: 684-697 [691].
Jagtap, A. P. and Singh, N. P. (1999). Asclepiadaceae, Fascicle 24, Flora India series. Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.
Karuppusamy, S. (2011). Notes on Stapeliad genus Boucerosia (Asclepiadaceae) of South Peninsular India. Aloe 48(1): 4-8.
Karuppusamy, S., Ugraiah, A. and Pullaiah, T. (2013). Caralluma (sensu lato): antiobesity plants. Astral International Private Limited, New Delhi.
Kumar, K. M. P., George, S., Sreedhar, S. and Balachandran, I. (2013). Caralluma diffusa (Wight) N.E.Br. (Apocynaceae)—a new distribution record for Kerala from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Indian Forester 139(5): 425-428.
Parthipan, M. and Rajendran, A. (2014). Extended distribution of Caralluma diffusa (Wight) N.E. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) in Tamil Nadu, India. Zoos’ Print 29(9): 23-25.
Ramachandran, V. S., Thomas, Binu, Sofiya, C. and Sasi, R. (2011). Rediscovery of an endemic plant Caralluma diffusa (Wight) N.E. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) from Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India, after 160 years. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(3): 1622-1623. https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2459.1622-3
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]
Sukumaran, S., Karuppuswamy, S., Brintha, T. S. S. and Jeeva, S. (2013). New distributional record of Boucerosia diffusa Wight (Gentianales Apocynaceae) in Southern Western Ghats. Biodivers J 4(3): 395-398.
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.