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Chassalia curviflora ellipsoides Hook. f., 1880:177

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1872

Rediscovered in 2014 or before

 

Distribution

Assam & Jarain area, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Hook. f. (1880). [description of Chassalia curviflora ellipsoides]. Fl. Brit. India 3: 177.

 

Other references:

Barbhuiya, H. A., Dutta, B. K., Das, A. K. and Baishya, A. K. (2014). The family RUBIACEAE in southern Assam with special reference to endemic and rediscovered taxa. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(4): 5649-5659.

Deb and B. Krishna. (1982). [title?]. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 223.

 

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Chassalia boryana DC., 1830

Mauritian coral tree, Bory's coral tree

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in: 1960's (Magdalena, 2018:66)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Atkinson, Rachel (text), Sevathian, Jean Claude (text), Kaiser, Christopher (photographs) and Hansen, Dennis. (2007). A guide to the plants in Mauritius. Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. 192 pp.

Magdalena, Carlos. (2017). The Plant Messiah. Viking. 224 pp.

Magdalena, Carlos. (2018). The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species. Penguin Books. 218 pp. [p. 65-69]

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rendDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT91&lpg=PT91&dq=chassalia+boryana+rediscover&source=bl&ots=kLeuqSpyBz&sig=ACfU3U0b_k9AiUtv6cF7N8XevPdY7IPTYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizsoiQgJTmAhXaZSsKHZhYApcQ6AEwDnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=chassalia%20boryana%20rediscover&f=false

 

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Ceropegia panchganiensis Blatt. & McCann (1933:534)

Panchgani ceropegia

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Ceropegia lawii var. panchganiensis (Blatt. & McCann) M.R.Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 234 (2001); Ceropegia panchangiensis Blatt. & McCann [orth. error used by Rao et al., 2003:137]

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1933 (Nayar & Sastry, 1987:66)

Rediscovered in 1970 (Nayar & Sastry, 1987:66)

 

Distribution

Maharashtra, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Blatter, E. and McCann, C. (1933). Revision of the flora of Bombay Presidency. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 36(3): 534-535.

 

Other references:

Albers, F. and Meve, U. (1995). Annex 2: List of Asclepiadaceae of conservation concern. In SSC Action Plan for cacti and succulents. 6 pp.

Ansari, M. Y. (1982 "1980"). Ceropegia panchganiensis Blatt. et McCann (Asclepiadaceae): a little known species, rediscovered. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22(1-4): 199-201.

Ansari, M. Y. (1984). Asclepiadaceae: Genus—Ceropegia. Fascicles of Flora of India, Fascicles 16: 2-32. Howrah: Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.

Chavan, Jaykumar J., Gaikwad, Nikhil B. and Yadav, Shrirang R. (2013). High multiplication frequency and genetic stability analysis of Ceropegia panchganiensis, a threatened ornamental plant of Western Ghats: Conservation implications. Scientia Horticulturae 161: 134-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2013.06.042

Ganeshaiah, K. N. (2005). Recovery of endangered and threatened species: Developing a national priority list of plants and insects. Current Science 89(4): 599-600.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Kambale, S. S. and Yadav, S. R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea 29: 1-115.

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. 66-67]

Pullaiah, T., Karuppuswamy, S. and Sri Ramamurthy, K. (2019). Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India: 1-345. CRC Press.

Punekar, S. A. et al. (2013). Systematics and molecular phylogenetic analysis of erect species of Ceropegia section Buprestis (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), with two new species from India. Nelumbo 55: 6-30.

Rao, C. Kameswara, Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, Geetha. (2003). Red List of Threatened Vascular Plant Species in India. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. xxiv + 144 pp. [automatic download]

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3569/ceropegia-panchangiensis

 

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Ceropegia omissa H. Huber, 1957:67

Neglected ceropegia

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1916 (Nayar & Sastry, 1987:65; Prasad et al., 2017:2189)

Rediscovered in 2002 or before (Sasidharan, 2002; 2014 (Prasad et al., 2017:2189)

 

Distribution

Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Huber, H. (1957). Revision of the genus Ceropegia. Mem. Soc. Broter. 12: 67. t. 3, f. 34.

 

Other references:

Albers, F. and Meve, U. (1995). Annex 2: List of Asclepiadaceae of conservation concern. In SSC Action Plan for cacti and succulents. 6 pp.

Ansari, M. Y. (1984). Asclepiadaceae: Genus—Ceropegia. Fascicles of Flora of India, Fascicles 16: 2-32 [27]. Howrah: Botanical Survey of India, Howrah.

Gamble, J. S., Flora of the Presidency of Madras, Vol. 2, Adlard & Son, London, 1923, p. 858.

Henry, A. N., Chitra, V. and Balakrishnan, N. P., Flora of Tamil Nadu, India, Vol. 2, Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore, 1984, p. 84.

Hooker, J. D., The Flora of British India, Vol. 4, L. Reeve & Co., London, 1883, p. 71.

Kambale, S. S. and Yadav, S. R. (2015). Lectotypifications and synonymy in Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae). Kew Bulletin 70(4): 57. [Summary]

Murthy, K. Sri Rama et al. (2012). Check-list and conservation strategies of the genus Ceropegia in India. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 4(8): 304-315.

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. 65]

Prasad, K., Venu, P. and Kaliamoorthy, S. (2017). Ceropegia omissa H. Huber (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) on the verge of extinction. Current Science 112(11): 2189-2191.

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]

Sasidharan, N. (2002). Floristic studies in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary. KFRI Research Report, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi.

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.

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3819/ceropegia-omissa

 

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Ceropegia hookeri Hooker 1885

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1945 (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:42)

Rediscovered in 2009 or before

 

Distribution

Himalayas

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Hooker, J. D. (1885). Flora  of British India: Vol. IV. Asclepiadæ to Amarantaceæ. London: L. Reeve & CO. 780 pp.

 

Other references:

Ansari, M. Y. (1988). Ceropegia hookeri Clarke ex Hook. f. Asclepiadaceae; p. 42. In M. P. Nayar and A. R. K. Sastry (ed.).  Red Data Book of Indian Plants 2. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 

Chettri, A.; S. J. Barik; M. K. Lyngdoh; H. N. Pandey. (2009). Plantae, Magnoliophyta, Gentianales, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Ceropegia hookeri: Distribution and rediscovery in eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India. Check List 5(3): 695-698.

Kishor, Kamal, Rawat, Gopal S. and Samant, Sher S. (2022). Ceropegia hookeri C.B. Clarke ex Hook.f. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), an Endangered species new record for the flora of Western Himalaya, India. Vegetos. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-022-00427-x

Nautiyal, D. C., Sharma, S. K. and Pandit, M. K. (2009). Notes on the taxonomic history, rediscovery and conservation status of two endangered species of Ceropegia (Asclepiadaceae) from Sikkim, India. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(2): 815-822.

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. 42]

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]

 

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  1. Ceropegia evansii (Evans ceropegia)
  2. Caralluma diffusa
  3. Canscora stricta
  4. Brachystelma volubile

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