Thanks Swamy ji for sharing this info. Congrats to Thomas ji, Sabu ji &
Prabhukumar ji.
Regards
Prashant
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks Mahadeswara ji for sharing this good news.
> Hearty congratulations to Thomas ji, Sabu ji, and Prabhu Kumar ji.
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
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> 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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