On the identity and rediscovery of Hedyotis beddomei Hook. f. (Rubiaceae): a lesser known endemic species of Western Ghats, India

KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR; RAVEENDRAN JAGADEESAN; PILATHOTTATHIL AISWARYA; CHANDRASSERIL NARAYANAN SUNIL; VALUKATTIL PONNACHAN THOMAS; KOTHAREDDY PRASAD; INDIRA BALACHANDRAN

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.375.3.5

Issue: Vol. 375 No. 3: 13 November 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-11-13

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.375.3.5

Page range: 229–234

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**On the identity and rediscovery of Hedyotis beddomei Hook. f. (Rubiaceae): a lesser known endemic species of Western Ghats, India**

KONICKAL MAMBETTA PRABHUKUMAR⁺⁻
RAVEENDRAN JAGADEESAN⁺⁻
PILATHOTTATHIL AISWARYA⁺⁻
CHANDRASSERIL NARAYANAN SUNIL⁺⁻
VALUKATTIL PONNACHAN THOMAS⁺⁻
KOTHAREDDY PRASAD⁺⁻
INDIRA BALACHANDRAN⁺⁻

Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India

Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala

Botanical Survey of India, Regional Circle, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India

Rubiaceae Hedyotis beddomei Palghat hills Rediscovery Western Ghats Eudicots

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Abstract

Hedyotis beddomei Hook. f. (Rubiaceae ) is an endangered and little-known species, endemic to the Palghat hills in Kerala, India. The plant is known only from the type sheet collected by Beddome in 1872. It has been re-discovered from Elivalmala of Muthikulam forests, Palghat district after a lapse of 144 years. Detailed descriptions with colour photographs are provided along with its ecology and updated conservation notes.