Critical notes on the occurrence of Dipcadi montanum (Dalz.) Baker (Hyacinthaceae) in South India by Prabhu Kumar K M 1, Binu Thomas2, V Sreeraj2, Indira Balachandran1 and A Rajendran2- Science Research Reporter, 3(2): 120-123, Oct. 2013- In India the genus is represented by ten species including four varieties. They are D. concanense (Dalz.) Baker; D. erythraeum Webb & Berth; D. goaense A. Prabhugaonkar, U. S. Yadav & Janarth.; D. maharshtrensis Deb et Dasgupta; D. minor Hook. f.; D. montaum (Dalz.) Baker var. montanum; D. montaum (Dalz.) Baker var. madrasicum (Barnes & Fischer) Deb et Dasgupta; D. reidii Deb et Dasgupta; D. saxorum Blatt.; D. serotinum (L.) Medik.; D. ursulae Blatt. var. ursulae and D. ursulae Blatt. var. longiracemosaei Deb et Dasgupta, of which seven species are present in Maharashtra (Ashish Prabhugaonkar et al., 2009; Lakshminarasimhan, 2006) and only two taxa are present in South India viz. Dipcadi montaum (Dalz.) Baker var. montanum and D. montaum var. madrasicum (Barnes & Fischer) Deb et Dasgupta (Sharma et al., 1984; Deb and Dasgupta, 1978)
Species with description &
pictures in Flowers of India as on 6.2.14:
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett Dipcadi concanense- Ex- S.India Dipcadi minor HOOK.F.- I- Maharastra Dipcadi montanum (DALZ.) BAKER Var. madrasicum (BARNES & C.E.C. FISH.) DEB & S.Dasgupta- I- Tamilnadu Dipcadi reidii Deb & S.Dasgupta- Ex- W.Himalayas Dipcadi saxorum- V- Maharastra Dipcadi madrasicum E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch. is a synonym of Dipcadi montanum var. madrasicum (E.Barnes & C.E.C.Fisch.) Deb & S.Dasgupta Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 edited by T. Pullaiah (2003)- p.50- Dipcadi : 1 post by 1 author. I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Dipcadi Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details. Any comments/ corrections are welcome. Dipcadi (Liliaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Dipcadi (Liliaceae) page with images of species (mainly done by D S Rawat ji) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice. Also, if anybody is interested to take up the activity of inserting images on efloraofindia pages from efloraofindia posts, pl. let us know.Regrding corrections of Liliaceae page : 3 posts by 2 authors. Dipcadi genus belongs to Asparagaceae ; please shift this genus to Asparagaceae; Ref: Catalogue of life or the Plant list; Thanks, ..., for pointing out. I have made the corrections. |
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