Ophiorrhiza radicans Gardn.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 28 November 1893 (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:227 [as 1893]; Joseph et al., 2013:20)
Rediscovered on 28 September 2012 (Joseph et al., 2013:20)
Distribution
Kerala, India (& Sri Lanka)
Reported from Sri Lanka by (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:227), but regarded as endemic to Kerala by (Joseph et al., 2013:20).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Ginu, J., Hareesh, V. S., Sreekumar, V. B. and Hridheek, T. K. (2013). Rediscovery of Ophiorrhiza radicans Gardn. from Peninsular India. Rheedea 23(1): 19-21.
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]
Joseph, G., Hareesh, V. S., Sreekumar, V. B. and Hrideek, T. K. (2013). Rediscovery of Ophiorrhiza radicans (Rubiaceae) from Western Ghats of peninsular India. Rheedea 23: 19-21.
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Nair, Akhilesh Sasidharan Vasantha, Nair,Gangaprasad Appukuttan, Bahuleyan, Rameshkumar Koranappallil and Sukumaran, Santhosh Kumar Ettickal. (2022). Taxonomy and Lectotypification of Ophiorrhiza radicans (Rubiaceae). Annales Botanici Fennici 59(1): 61-65. https://doi.org/10.5735/085.059.0111
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (compilers). (1988, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 2. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 268 pp. [p. 227-228]
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]
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.