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DOI: 10.1556/ABot.53.2011.3–4.10
INTRODUCTION
Figs 1–18. Thysananthus spathulistipus (Reinw. et al.) Lindenb. – 1 = plant, 2 = cross section of
stem, 3–4 = leaves, 5 = leaf apical cells, 6 = leaf median cells, 7 = leaf basal cells, 8 = cells with
oilbodies, 9 = leaf lobule teeth, 10–12 = underleaves, 13 = male inflorescence, 14–15 = female
bracts, 16 = female bracteole, 17 = perianth, 18 = cross section of perianth (1–18 from K. C.
Kariyappa 15)
DISCUSSION
Fig. 19. Distribution of Thysananthus spathulistipus in India (l earlier localities; ª present lo-
cality)
seong and Bryotheca Levier to boot. Since the material at G and NY came from
the same source “Bryotheca E. Levier” it is reasonable to assume that they are
original material.
Granting that Durel was the last to collect material of T. spathulistipus (= T.
sikkimensis) in 1898, the present collection, made in the Western Ghats far away
from the earlier known region at the other end of the country and a totally dif-
ferent phytogeographical region, is indeed an interesting rediscovery of this
species after more than a century, 112 years to be exact. Though this species is
said to be distributed in the tropics and somewhat common in other regions
(vide Specimens examined in Onraedt 1985, Piippo et al. 2002, Thiers and
Gradstein 1989), it appears to be rare in India.
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Acknowledgements – The senior author is thankful to the Ministry of Environment and
Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi, for funding a project under the AICOPTAX and to Dr M.
Sanjappa, former Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, for encouragement and a
copy of D. G. Long’s paper. The authors are thankful to the Kerala State Forest Department
for permission to explore the area in question and help in the field, Dr R. L. Zhu (HSNU), for
confirming the identity of the material, Mr M. J. Wigginton (Peterborough, England) and Dr
X.-L. He (Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki, Finland), for help with literature, to Dr
G. Winter (Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Germany), for help with literature, in-
formation on image 10212 in the microfiche of Stephani’s unpublished icones, on the labels
of the material of T. sikkimensis at G and NY and unravelling the E. Levier connection and Dr
M. Price (G), for information on the label of T. sikkimensis material at G. The senior author is
thankful to Dr S. C. Rose (Principal, Scott Christian College), for encouragement.
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