Ceropegia evansii McCann (1945:209)
Evans ceropegia
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1964 (Nayar & Sastry, 1987:54)
Rediscovered
Distribution
India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
McCann, C. (1945). New species of Ceropegia and the synonymy of the Indian species. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 45: 209.
Other references:
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (compilers). (1987, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 1. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. xiii + 367 pp, 16 pls, figs. [pp. 54-55]
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]
Tetali, P., Tetali, S., Lakshminarasimhan, P., Prasanna, P. V. and Kulkarni, B. G. (2003). Rediscovery of Ceropegia evansii McCann, Asclepiadaceae, from Maharashtra. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100(1): 162-166.
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.
Canscora stricta Sedgw., 1921:126
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sedgwick, I. J. (1921). New Bombay species. J. Indian Bot. 2: 126, 131.
Other references:
Diwakar, P. G. and Singh, R. Kr. (2010). Rediscovery of Canscora stricta Sedgw. (Gentianaceae) – A little known, strict endemic and threatened taxon from Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka. Indian Journal of Forestry 33(1): 97-98.
Brachystelma volubile Hook.f., 1885:65
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1881
Rediscovered in 22 November 2011
Distribution
Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hooker, J. D. (1885). The Flora of British India. Vol. 4. L. Reeve & Co. Ltd., London. p. 65.
Other references:
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].
Rajakullayiswamy, K. R., Sandhyarani, S., Karuppusamy, S. and Pullaiah, T. (2012). The rediscovery of Brachystelma volubile (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Rheedea 22(2): 107-110.
Brachystelma swazicum R.A. Dyer
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered before 2013
Distribution
Mbabane (northeast), Swaziland
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2005. Brachystelma swazicum R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2015.1. Accessed on 2017/02/19
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.