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Table 1 Noteworthy plant taxa and their mesoscale habitats in the Kas Plateau region, Western Ghats 1

From: Contributions of vulnerable hydrogeomorphic habitats to endemic plant diversity on the Kas Plateau, Western Ghats

Family

Species

Mesohabitat(s) & distribution

DICOTS

  

Acanthaceae

Barleria gibsoni Dalzell

Hedges, PF; END India

 

Haplanthodes verticillatus (Roxb.)R.B. Majumbar

DF; ETH; End W Ghats

 

Justicia trinervia Vahl

PT; END W Ghats

 

Neuracanthus sphaerostachyus (Nees)Dalzell

E, PT; END W Ghats

 

Pseuderanthemum malabaricum (C.B,Clarke)Gamble

DF; hedges, PF; END W Ghats

 

Strobilanthes callosa Nees

DF, hedges, PF; END W Ghats

 

Strobilanthes sessilis Nees var. ritchei C.B. Clarke

PT; END W Ghats

 

Strobilanthese iniocephala Benth

PT; DF; END W Ghats

Apiaceae

Heracleum grande (Dalzell & Gibson)P.K. Mukh

Hedges PF; END W Ghats

 

Pinda concanensis(Dalzell)PK Mukh. & Constance

PT; DF; END W Ghats

 

Pimpinella wallichiana (Miq. ex Hohen) K.N.Gandhi

DF; ETH

Apocynaceae

*Ceropegia jainii Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk. (CE)

PT; END NW Ghats

 

*Ceropegia vincaefolia Hook.(EN)

PT; hedges PF; END W Ghats

 

Tabernaemontana alternifolia L

DF; END India

Asteraceae

Adenoon indicum Dalzell

PT; END W Ghats

 

Baccharoides lilacina (Dalzell).M.R.Almeida

Hedges DF; END W Ghats

 

Senecio arachnoidea (C.B.Clarke).M.R. Almeida

PT; DF

 

Tricholepis glaberrima DC

PT; E; END W Ghats, C India

Balsaminaceae

*Impatiens dalzellii Hook. F. & Thomson (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

 

*Impatiens lawii Hook.f. & Thomson (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

 

Impatiens minor (DC)Bennet

DF; END W Ghats

 

Impatiens oppositifolia L

DF; PT (distribution uncertain)

 

*Impatiens pulcherrima Dalzell (VU)

PT; END W Ghats

 

*Impatiens tomentosa B. Heyne

PT; END W Ghats

Begoniaceae

Begonia crenata Dryand

PT; END India

Boraginaceae

Adelocaryum coelestinum (Lindl.)Brand

PT; E; END W Ghats

 

Adelocaryum malabaricum Brand

PT; E; END W Ghats

Celastraceae

Arnicratea grahamii (Wight) N, Halle

PF

Convolvulaceae

*Argyreia boseana Santapau & V. Patel (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

 

Argyreia cuneata (Willd.)Ker.-Gawl

DF; END NW Ghats

 

Argyreia sericea Dalzell& A. Gibson

DF; END W Ghats

Crassulaceae

Kalanchoe olivacea Dalzell & A.Gibson

PT; E; END W Ghats

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia panchganiensis Blatt. & McCann

PT; END W Ghats (Conservation status uncertain)

Fabaceae

Cajanus sericeus (Benth.ex Baker) Maesen

DF; END India

 

Caesalpinia spicata Dalzell

PF, DF; END W Ghats

 

Crotalaria leptostachya Benth

DF; END W Ghats

 

Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.)Mabb

DF; END W Ghats

 

*Flemingia nilgheriensis (Baker) Wight ex Cooke (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

 

*Indigofera dalzellii Cooke ([R; Sharma et al. 1996])

PT; END W Ghats

 

Smithia agharkarii Hemadri (VU)

PT; DF; END W Ghats

 

Smithia bigemina Dalzell

PT; DF; END W Ghats

 

Smithia hirsuta Dalzell

PT; DF; END W Ghats

 

Smithia salsuginea Hance

PF; DF

 

Smithia setulosa Hance

DF; E; END W Ghats

 

*Vigna khadalensis (Santapau)Sundararagh. & Wadhva (VU)

DF: E; END NW Ghats

Gentianaceae

Exacum lawii C.B.Clarke

PT; DF; END W Ghats

 

Exacum pumilum Griseb

DF; END W Ghats

 

Swertia densifolia (Griseb.)Kashyapa

PT; END W Ghats

Lamiaceae

Lavandula lawii Wight

DF; END W Ghats

 

Plectranthus mollis (Aiton)Spreng

DF; ETH

Lentibulariaceae

Utricularia praeterita Taylor

PT; END Maharashtra & Goa

 

Utricularia purpurascens J. Graham

PT; END NW Ghats

 

Utricularia albo-caerulea Dalzell

PT; END NW Ghats

Lythraceae

*Rotala fimbriata Wight

PT: END S India

Malpighiaceae

Hiptage benghalensis (L.)Kurz

PF; END India

Meliaceae

Aglaia lawii (Wight) C.J.Saldanha

PF

Piperaceae

Piper trichostachyon (Miq.)C. DC

PF; END W Ghats

Ranunculaceae

*Delphinium malabaricum (Huth.)Munz (VU)

Hedges; PF, DF; E; END NW Ghats

Rubiaceae

Neanotis lancifolia (Hook.f.) W.H. Lewis

PT; E; END W Ghats

 

Neanotis subtilis (Miq.)Govaerts ex Punekar & LakshmiN

PT; END NW Ghats

 

Psychotria truncata Wall

DF, PF; END W Ghats

MONOCOTS

  

Amaryllidaceae

Crinum brachynema Herb. (CE)

PT; END NW Ghats

Aponogetonaceae

*Aponogeton satarensis Sundararagh., Kulkarni & Yadav (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

Araceae

*Arisaema caudatum Engl. (EN)

PT; END NW Ghats

 

*Arisaema ghaticum (Sardesai et al.)Punekar & Kumaran (CE)

PT: END NW Ghats

 

Arisaema murrayi (J. Graham)Hook

PT; Hedges PF, DF; END W Ghats

 

Cryptocoryne spiralis(Retz.)Fisch. Ex Wydler

PT

 

Cryptocoryne cognata Schott

PT

Colchicaceae

*Iphigenia stellata Blatt. (VU)

PT; ETH; END NW Ghats

 

Iphigenia pallida Baker

Hedges, DF: ETH; END S India

Commelinaceae

Cyanotis fasciculata (B. Heyne)Shult. & Shult.f

PT; END NW Ghats

 

*Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. Ecx C.B. Clarke) G. Bruckn. (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

 

Murdannia vaginata Breckn

PT

 

Murdannia versicolor (Dalz.)Bruckn

PT

 

*Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. Ecx C.B. Clarke) G. Bruckn. (EN)

PT: END W Ghats

Dracaenaceae

Dracaena terniflora Roxb

PF

Eriocaulaceae

Eriocaulon breviscapum Körn

PT; Distribution uncertain ([Almeida, 2009])

 

*Eriocaulon epipedunculatum Potdar et al.

PT: END NW Ghats

 

Eriocaulon sedgwickii Fyson

PT; END W Ghats

 

*Eriocaulon tuberiferum A.R. Kulk. & Desai (EN)

PT; END NW Ghats, Maharashtra

Hyacinthaceae (Liliaceae)

*Dipcadi maharashtrens eDeb & S. Dasgupta (CE)

PT; END NW Ghats, Maharashtra (Liliaceae) ([Tetali et al. 2000])

 

Drimia polyantha Ansari & Sundaragh

PT; END W Ghats

Musaceae

Ensete superbum (Roxb.)Cheesm

PT

Orchidaceae

Aerides crispa Lindl

PF, DF; END Peninsular & E India

 

Aerides maculosa Lindl

PF; END IndiA

 

Bulbophyllum fimbriatum (Lindl.)Rchb.f

PF; END W Ghats

 

Dendrobium barbatulum Lindl

DF; END W Ghats

 

Habenaria grandifloriformis Blatt. & McCann

PT; END W Ghats, Maharashtra

 

Habenaria longicorniculata J. Graham

PT; END W Ghats

 

*Habenaria panchganiensis Santapau & Kap. (EN)

PT; END NW Ghats

 

Habenaria rariflora A. Rich

PT; END W Ghats

 

Oberonia brunoniana Wight

PT; PF; DF; END W Ghats

Poaceae

*Chrysopogon castaneus Veldkamp & C,B, Salunkhe (EN)

PT; END W Ghats, Maharashtra

 

*Coelachne minuta Bor. (EN)

PT; END W Ghats

 

*Eulalia shrirangii Salunkhe &Potdar

PT; END NW Ghats, Maharashtra? (Distribution and conservation status uncertain)

 

Glyphochloa divergens (Hack.)Clayton

PT; END W Gha

 

*Indopoa paupercula (Stapf) Bor

PT; END W Ghats, Maharashtra

 

*Isachne lisboae Hook. f. (EN)

PT: END W Ghats, Maharashtra

 

Jansenella neglecta S.R. Yadav, Chvalkar & Gosavi

PT; END W Ghats

Zingiberaceae

Curcuma caulina J.Graham (VU)

END NW Ghats, Maharashtra

 

Zingiber cernuum Dalzell

Hedges, PF; END W Ghats

 

Zingiber neesanum (J. Graham) Ramamoorthy

Hedges, PK

  1. 1 Taxonomy follows [Sharma et al. (1996]), [Singh and Karthikeyan (2000]) and [Singh et al. (2001]), or nternational Plant Names Index as appropriate. * Indicates a species recognized as being of conservation concern for Maharashtra State according to [Mishra and Singh (2001]), or [Singh et al. (1996]). Classifications for conservation concern follow IUCN classifications of Critically Endangered (CE), Endangered (EN), or Vulnerable (VU) as indicated in [Mishra and Singh (2001]) or [Singh et al. (1996]). Endemics (END) may represent India, the Western Ghats, the northern Western Ghats, or Maharashtra State, following [Sharma et al. (1996]), [Singh and Karthikeyan (2000]), [Singh et al. (2001]), [Almeida (2009]), and [Dessai and Janarthanam (2011]). Habitats are described in the text and abbreviated as follows: Protected Forest (PF), Degraded Forest (DF), Plateau Top (PT), Escarpment (E). ETH indicates a species with Ethnobotanical uses.