Momordica sahyadrica sp. nov. (Cucurbitaceae), an endemic species of Western Ghats of India

Abstract

Momordica sahyadrica is a new species occurring in a very narrow habitat range in Western Ghats of India. Formerly, material of it was placed under Momordica dioica, but it appeared distinct from that species in various morphological and ecological features. It is described and illustrated with a note on its distribution and ecology.

New records of forty-nine herbaceous plant species from lateritic plateaus for Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra, India

“…which 49 species are reported first time from Ratnagiri district. After scrutiny of literature (Cooke 1905(Cooke -1908Almeida & Mistry 1983-1986Almeida 1996Almeida -2014Ansari 2009;Cook 1996;Lakshminarasimhan et al 1996;Singh & Karthikeyan 2000;Mishra & Singh 2001;Kattukunnel & Antony 2008;Potdar et al 2012;Wadoodkhan 2015;Darshetkar et al 2017) revealed that these species were not reported from Ratnagiri district so far, we report these species for the first time.…”

“…Habit and habitat photography was made with the help Canon M-50 DSLR Camera. The specimens were identified by referring to various floras and literature (Cooke 1905(Cooke -1908Almeida & Mistry 1983-1986Almeida 1996Almeida -2014Cook 1996;Lakshminarasimhan et al 1996;Singh & Karthikeyan 2000;Mishra & Singh 2001;Singh et al 2001;Yadav et al 2004;Kattukunnel & Antony 2008;Ansari 2009;Potdar et al 2012;Wadoodkhan 2015;Darshetkar et al 2017). Herbarium specimens were prepared as per Jain & Rao (1977) standard methods and deposited at the Shivaji University of Kolhapur (SUK).…”