Streptocaulon sylvestre Wight (1834:65)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Das, 1996; Kar et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Eastern Himalayas
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wight, R. (1834). Contributions to the Botany of India. London: Parbury, Allen & Co.
Other references:
Ahmed, Z. U. et al. (eds.). (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 6: 1-408. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Das, A. P. (1996). Rediscovery of Streptocaulon sylvestre Wight—An endangered and little known endemic plant of eastern India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 93(2): 320-322.
Das, P., Ghosh, C. and Das, A. P. (2020). Present status and phytosociology of critically endangered Streptocaulon sylvestre Wight (Apocynaceae) in its only natural habitat in North Bengal University campus, India. Pleione 14(1): 57-70. doi:10.26679/Pleione.14.1.2020.057-070
Grierson, A. J. C. and Long, D. G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
Hooker, J. P. (1883). Streptocaulon Wight & Arn. In: Hooker, J. D. (ed.). The Flora of British India, Vols. 4. L. Reeve & Co Ltd, Ashford, Kent. London. Pp. 9-10.
Jagtap, A. P. and Singh, N. P. (1999). Fascicles of Flora of India 24: 1-332. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
Kar, Pallab et al. (2025). Phytochemical, pharmacological, and phylogenetic characterization of the critically endangered endemic plant Streptocaulon sylvestre Wight (Apocynaceae) from Eastern Himalaya. Pleione 19(3): 387-400. https://doi.org/10.26679/Pleione.19.3.2025.387-400
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 17 February 2026]
Prain, D. (1903). Bengal Plants. Vols. I & II. West, Newman & Co., London.