Congrats to Thomas ji, Sabu ji & Prabhukumar ji.
On 8 January 2012 07:33, M Swamy <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am forwarding herewith the mail received on the subject.
>
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> From: V. Santharam <santhara...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:12 AM
> Subject: {MNS:7993} A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest
> of Western Ghats of South India
> To: Madras Naturalists' Society <blackb...@googlegroups.com>
>
>
> A new wild ginger discovered from the evergreen forest of Western
> Ghats of South India
>
> Intensive botanical explorations for taxonomic studies on the members
> of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) in India by V.P. Thomas and M.
> Sabu of the University of Calicut, have resulted in the discovery of
> an interesting species of Amomum (Cardamom) from Silent Valley
> National Park on the Western Ghats of Kerala.
>
> The ginger family consists of 53 genera and over 1,200 species, many
> of which are widely used as spices, for medical purposes, or simply
> for decoration. Amomum Roxb. is the second largest genus within the
> Zingiberaceae, comprising about 150-180 species, including several
> types of cardamom. Widely distributed in Southeast Asia, the genus is
> represented by 23 species in India, mostly restricted to North-East
> India, South India and the Andaman-Nicobar Islands.
>
> In the new species, the authors show some similarities with A.
> masticatorium, although the two are clearly distinct. The new plant's
> name refers to its locality, i.e. Nilgiri hills, a part of Western
> Ghats and one of the hotspots of the Indian subcontinent. The most
> notable feature of the plant is the presence of long ligules that
> reach up to 9 cm long and small flowers with a long corolla tube.
> Almost all parts of the plant are hairy.
>
> It is a high altitude species (found above 1,200 m), and attempts to
> conserve it outside its natural locality were unsuccessful. The
> conservation status evaluation revealed that it falls under the
> critically endangered category of the International Union for
> Conservation of Nature, 2001. Conservation measures are to be carried
> out very urgently to recover the plant from extinction.
>
> Original source:
>
> Thomas VP, Sabu M, Prabhu Kumar KM (2012) Amomum nilgiricum
> (Zingiberaceae), a new species from Western Ghats, India. PhytoKeys 8:
> 99-104. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.8.2152
>
> Additional information:
>
> From the 1st of January 2012, PhytoKeys is publishing each paper
> separately, on the day it is approved by the editors. The article by
> Prof Sabu is the closing one for the 8th issue of the journal, making
> it complete.
>
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/pp-anw010512.php
>
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