Plectranthus bishopianus Gamble
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Plectranthus bishopianus Benth. [incorrect author; used by (Syamasundar et al., 2012)]
Conservation Status
Last record: 1901 (Nayar & Sastry, 1990:165)
Since rediscovered
Distribution
Tamil Nadu, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gamble, J. S. (1924). A New Lamiaceae Member in Madras Presidency, Misc. Inform, Kew 1924: 265.
Other references:
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]
Karuppusamy, S. and Rajasekaran, K. M. (2009). Rediscovery of an extinct plant (Plectranthus bishopianus Gamble) from Tamil Nadu, after a century. Current Science 97(3): 295. [Abstract]
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (eds.). (1990, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 3. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 271 pp. Illus., col. illus. [p. 165]
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]
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. [lists the species as possibly extinct (p. 42)]
Smitha, Kokkaraniyil, Paton, Alan and Sunojkumar, Purayidathkandy. (2018). Re-establishment of Plectranthus bishopianus (Lamiaceae) based on morphological and micromorphological data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 304(7): 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-018-1511-6
Syamasundar, Kodakandla Venkata et al. (2012). A New Abietane Diterpenoid from Plectranthus bishopianus Benth. Helvetica Chimica Acta 95(4): 643-646. [Abstract]
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.
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/aug102009/295.pdf
http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/2708/plectranthus-bishopianus
https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/forestry/forestry_threatened_plants_tamil_nadu.pdf