Thanks Gargji On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:37 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Praveen J [email protected] > Date: 3 January 2015 at 18:06 > Subject:[ Fwd: Rare plant species found in Palakkad > To: > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: > Date: 03-Jan-2015 4:20 pm > Subject: Rare plant species found in Palakkad > To: "Praveen J" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > > > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rare-plant-species-found-in-palakkad/article6750999.ece?homepage=true > > > > > > Rare plant species found in Palakkad > > > > T. Nandakumar > > Special arrangement > > Named Chlorophytum palghatense, the new species is endemic to the > grassland ecosystem of the Dhoni and Muthikulam forests in the Western > Ghats. > > > > Scientists at the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya > Sala, Kottakkal, have reported the discovery of a rare plant species from > the Dhoni hills in Palakkad district. > > > > It was during an expedition to study the floristic diversity of the high > mountains in the southern regions of the Western Ghats that the researchers > led by scientist K.M. Prabhu Kumar and director Indira Balachandran came > across the new species in the grasslands of the Palamala hills in the Dhoni > mountain range. > > > > The plant belonging to the genus Chlorophytum of the Asparagaceae family > was later reported from the Elival hills of Muthikulam in Palakkad by a > team comprising scientists from the Kerala Forest Research Institute, > Peechi. > > > > Named Chlorophytum palghatense, after the place of discovery, the plant > is a perennial herb endemic to the grassland ecosystem of the Dhoni and > Muthikulam forests at a height above 6,000 feet. It flowers and fruits from > September to November. The finding has been published in ‘Phytotaxa’, an > international journal on botanical taxonomy. > > > > Distributed throughout Africa and India, the Chlorophytum genus is > represented by 17 species in India, of which 15 occur in the Western Ghats. > > > > Detailed taxonomic studies carried out at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, > revealed that the new species was distinct from C.sharmae endemic to > Munnar. Mr. Kumar said C.Palghatense was named thus to highlight the rich > biodiversity of Palakkad district, especially as a reservoir of rare plants > endemic to the Western Ghats. > > > > A study has been taken up to assess the medicinal properties of the new > species, a pressnote quoting Ms. Indira Balachandran said. C.Palghtense has > been found to be similar to safed musli (C.borivilianum), a medicinal herb > also widely marketed as an aphrodisiac. > > > > V.S. Hareesh and K.P. Vimal from the Department of Botany, Calicut > University, and S.R.Yadav and Avinash Asraji Adsul from Shivaji University > were part of the research team that reported the discovery of the new plant. > > > > > > __._,_.___ > . > > __,_._,___ > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- *Prabhu Kumar K M* Scientist Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division & 'CMPR' Herbarium Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India *E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
