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.
Brachystelma occidentale Schltr.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
Cape Peninsula to Bredasdorp, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Boele, C., Kroesen, A.C.J., and Noltee, F.K.A. 1987. Checklist of Brachystelma, Ceropegia, Riocreuxia and the Stapelieae. West Sussex: Southern Reprographics.
Dyer, R.A. 1980. Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 27 Part 4:1-88. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Dyer, R.A. 1983. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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]
Oldfield, Sara (comp.). (1997). Cactus and Succulent Plants: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN. 10 + 212 pp.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Victor, J. E. and Peckover, R. (2006). Brachystelma occidentale Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/04/17
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.