Berberis nilghiriensis Ahrendt (1945:1)
Nilgiri barberry
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 7 March 1870 (Ramachandran et al., 2012:422,423)
Rediscovered on 14 March 2010 (Ramachandran et al., 2012:422,423)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ahrendt, L. W. A. (1945). Some new or little known Berberis from India. J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11: 1-5.
Other references:
Abraham, Z. and Mehrotra, B. N. (1983). Some observations on endemic species and rare plants of the montane flora of the Nilgiris, South India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 3(3): 863-867.
Ahmedullah, M. and Nayar, M. P. (1987). Endemic Plants of the Indian Region. Vol. I. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. 261 pp.
Balakrishna, P. (1993). Letter to Kerry S. Walter with corrections to Conservation Status Listing for India.
Blasco, F. (1971). Montagne du Sud d e’ L’inde., Forests, Savanne et Ecology. Inst. Fr. Pondicherry; Trav. Sec. Sci Tech. Tome. 10, Fasc.1. p. 357.
Chithra, V. (1983). Berberidaceae. In: Nair, N.C. & A.N. Henry (eds.), Flora of Tamil Nadu, India. Ser. 1. Vol. 1. p. 9. Botanical Survey of India.
Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Mao, A. A. and Dash, S. S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Nayar, M. P. (1996). Hot Spots of Endemic Plants of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Trivandram. 254 pp.
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Pascal, J. P. and Ramesh, B. R. (1997). Atlas of Endemics of the Western Ghats (India). Distribution of Tree Species in the Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen Forest. French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India. 403 pp.
Puyravaud, J. P, P. Davidar, J. P. Pascal and B. R. Ramesh. (2003). Analysis of threatened endemic trees of the Western Ghats of India sheds new light on the Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Biodivers. & Conservation 12: 2091-2106.
Ramachandran, V. S., John A, Honey, Joseph, Siljo and Bekhit, Mounir M. (2012). Rediscovery of Berberis nilghiriensis Ahrendt (Berberidaceae) from Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Taiwania 57(4): 422-425. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2012.57.422
Ramesh, B. R. and Pascal, J.-P. (1997). Atlas of endemics of the Western Ghats (India). Distribution of tree species in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Institut Français de Pondichéry.
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]
Rao, R. R., Husain, T., Dutt, B. and Garg, A. (1998). Revision of the family Berberidaceae of India – I. Rheedea 8: 1-66.
Sharma, B. D., B. V. Shetty, E. Vajravelu, G. R. Kumari, K. Vivekanandan, M. Chandrabose, M. S. Swaminathan, R. Chandrasekharan, G. V. Subbarao, J. L. Ellis, N. C. Radhakrishan, S. Karthikeyan, V. Chandrasekharan and S. R. Srinivasan. (1977). Studies on the Flora of Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Biol. Mem. 2: 1-186.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1998). Berberis nilghiriensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T32498A9705746. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32498A9705746.en. Downloaded on 21 November 2016.
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