<b>Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of two endemic and threatened dipterocarp trees from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India</b>

Abstract

S h o r tt C omm u n fi c a tt fi o n N o tt e s o n tt h e tt a x o n om y a n d d fi s tt r fi b u tt fi o n o f ttw o e n d em fi c a n d tt h r e a tt e n e d d fi p tt e r o c a r p tt r e e s f r om tt h e W e s tt e r n G h a tt s o f K e r a l a , I n d fi a M . S . S a n fi l , V . B . S r e e k um a r , K . A . S r e e j fi tt h ,

Karyomorphological Analysis of <i>Hopea ponga</i> (Dipterocarpaceae): An Endemic Species from Western Ghats of India

“…Ten species are endemic to the Western Ghats of which eight are exclusively restricted to Kerala and are threatened (Nayar et al 2014, Sasidharan 2017, Robi et al 2020. The level of endemism in the Western Ghats suggests that it is one of the centers for the evolution and diversification of Hopea (Sanil et al 2017).…”

“…The genus Hopea is one of the economically and ecologically dominant genera in the Western Ghats (Sanil et al 2017). The genus is widely used in timber and plywood industries, construction purposes include planking, floorboards, shipbuilding, masts and spars, dug-outs, and heavy packing cases (Pearson and Brown 1932).…”