Many thanks Mahadeswara ji for sharing this good news.
Hearty congratulations to Thomas ji, Sabu ji, and Prabhu Kumar ji.
Regards.
Dinesh
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:36 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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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