Actinodaphne bourneae Gamble (1925:128)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 26 June 1897 (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:136 [as 1897]; Selvakumar et al., 2019)
Rediscovered in 1999 or before (Matthew, 1999; fide Selvakumar et al., 2019)
Distribution
Tamil Nadu, India
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gamble, J. S. (1925). New Lauracaeae of Southern India. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information 1925: 126-132.
Other references:
Chithra, V. and Nair, V. J. (1999). Tamil Nadu. In: Mudgal, V. and Hajra, P. K. (eds.). Floristic Diversity and Conservation Strategies in India. Vol. 3. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Matthew, K. M. (1999). Flora of the Palni hills, South India. Vol. 2. The Rapinat Herbarium, Tiruchirapalli.
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. 136-137]
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]
Selvakumar, S., Kottaimuthu, R. and Suresh, K. (2019). Range extension of Actinodaphne bourneae Gamble (Lauraceae): An overlooked endemic tree of Western Ghats, India. Tropical Plant Research 6(1): 15-17.
Singh, P., Karthigeyan, K., Lakshminarasimhan, P. and Dash, S. S. (2015). Endemic Vascular Plants of India. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkatta.