Argyreia coonoorensis W.W.Sm. & Ramaswami (1914:30)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ipomoea coonoorensis (W.W.Sm. & Ramaswami) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland in Nat. Plants 5(11): 1136-44 (Suppl.: 26) (2019)
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: December 1910 (Ramachandran & Sasi, 2012:221)
Rediscovered on: 20 June 2009 (Ramachandran & Sasi, 2012:221)
Distribution & Habitat
Nilgiri Mountains, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Smith, W. W. and Ramaswame, M. S. (1914). Two decades of New Indo-Burmese Species. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6: 30.
Other references:
Chandrabose, M. (1987). Convolvulaceae. In: Henry, A. N., Kumari, G. R. and Chithra, V. (eds.). Flora of Tamil Nadu India. Coimbatore: Biological Survey of India. II: pp. 101.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Lawand, P. R. and Shimpale, V. B. (2024). Revision of the genus Argyreia (Convolvulaceae) from India. Rheedea 34: 337-396.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 12 July 2025]
Ramachandran, V. S. and Sasi, R. (2012). Rediscovery of Argyreia coonoorensis Smith & Ramas. (Convolvulaceae) after a century from the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 109(3): 221-222.
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3142/argyreia-coonoorensis