The Brij Hypothesis as an Explanation for the Tropical Faunal Similarities Between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, and Malaya

Evolution ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Dilger
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
The Western Ghats

Impatiens ramasubbuana, a new name for Impatiens palniensis Ramasubbu (Balsaminaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 500 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-54
Author(s):  
RAMALINGAM KOTTAIMUTHU ◽  
PERUMAL MURUGAN ◽  
JOHN KENNEDY JOHN PRAVEEN KUMAR ◽  
MUTHURAMALINGAM JOTHI BASU
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
New Name ◽  
Recent Estimate ◽  
The Western Ghats

The genus Impatiens Linnaeus (1753: 937) contains a wealth of untapped treasures for gardeners and it is one of the mega diverse genera of angiosperms comprise about 1059 species (POWO 2020). According to the recent estimate, India is known to have 250 species and majority of them occur in Eastern Himalayas (Gogoi et al. 2018) and the Western Ghats (Bhaskar 2012). Tamil Nadu is one of the plant-rich states in the country and with 5674 angiosperm taxa, it ranks first among all the states in the country (Lakshminarasimhan et al. 2014).

scholarly journals New Indomalayan Nebularmis species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) provoke a discussion on its intrageneric diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Gąsiorek ◽  
Katarzyna Vončina ◽  
Joanna Ciosek ◽  
Mariana Veloso ◽  
Paulo Fontoura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
The Family ◽  
Evolutionary Success ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineages ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Western Ghats

AbstractRecent years have brought undeniable progress in tardigrade taxonomy, and speciose complexes were detected in a number of phylogenetic lineages. The family Echiniscidae is one such lineage; it is one of the most diverse groups of limno-terrestrial tardigrades and can be characterized as having achieved great evolutionary success. In this contribution, using populations representing several species that originated from the Indomalayan region, we reconstructed phylogenetic affinities within Nebularmis, a recently erected genus within the Echiniscus lineage. Nebularmis auratussp. nov. and Nebularmis burmensissp. nov. are described from the Eastern Yoma Mountains and the Shan Hills (Myanmar), Nebularmis bhutanensissp. nov. is described from the Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan), and Nebularmis indicussp. nov. is described from the foothills of the Western Ghats (Goa, India). Moreover, males are reported in populations of the last two species. All known members of the genus can be phenotypically differentiated based on minute details of their dorsal sculpture and claws. Moreover, a very wide tropical distribution is demonstrated for Nebularmis cirinoi, recorded for the first time from islands of the Malay Archipelago. Furthemore, novel morphological, genetic, and geographic data allowed for the clarification of the generic diagnosis. Currently available data favor a scenario under which Nebularmis evolved in Southeast Asia and later dispersed to other regions of the globe.

Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4608 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
AKHIL S. VENUGOPAL ◽  
SABU K. THOMAS
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Western India ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
South West ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats

Key to the 22 species of genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 of Indian subcontinent with diagnostic characters, notes, new synonyms, distribution patterns and record of two new species—Pheropsophus devagiriensis sp. nov. and P. indicus sp. nov.—from south west India are provided. Synonymisation of Pheropsophus discicollis (Dejean 1826) with Pheropsophus hilaris (Fabricius 1798) syn. nov., clearing the complications regarding the taxonomy of P. hilaris and P. sobrinus by tracking down the type series of P. hilaris, and reinstating the species status of Pheropsophus sobrinus (Dejean 1826) are the other outcomes of the present study.                Out of the 22 species recorded in India, 14 species are confined to Oriental realm and rest of the eight species penetrates into the Palearctics also; 10 (of the 22) are endemic to Indian subcontinent with P. indicus sp. nov. endemic to south western India; P. devagiriensis sp. nov. endemic to the Western Ghats; P. andrewesi, P. krichna and P. prophylax are endemic to the Indo-Burma; and P. nanodes and P. scythropus are endemic to the Eastern Himalayas.

Typification of thirty six names of thirty five recognized taxa in Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), endemic to Western Ghats

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 268 (3) ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
Old World ◽  
Base De Données ◽  
Search Form ◽  
Herbarium Sheet ◽  
The Western Ghats

The genus Impatiens Linnaeus (1753: 937) consists of about 1000 species, distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World as well as in the northern temperate regions (Mabberley 2008). In India there are about 215 species of Impatiens recorded so far, of which 142 species are endemic, and the diversity occurs in two regions, viz. the Eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats. During systematic study of this genus in the Western Ghats region of India, I realized that it was necessary to typify 36 binomials of 35 recognized endemic species from the Western Ghats, because no specific herbarium sheet was cited as holotype in protologue of these names and also yet not typified (Vivekananthan et al. 1997, Rathakrishnan 2005, Bhaskar 2012). Here lectotypes are chosen for 35 names and a neotype for one name. The images of the lectotypes, isolectotypes, residual syntypes and neotype specimens at BR, E, G, K, M, MPU, NY and P are available online (http://www.br.fgov.be/research/collections/herbarium, http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/bgbase/vherb/bgbasevherb.php, http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/chg, http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/navigator.do, https://plants.jstor.org, http://www.collections.univ-montp2.fr/herbier-mpu-presentation/base-de-donnees-botanique-herbier-mpu, http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh & https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/search/form), while those at BSI, CAL and MH are not available online. Therefore, the images of selected lectotypes from MH are provided here.

Lectotypification of three Linnaean names in Impatiens (Balsaminaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 321 (3) ◽  
pp. 299 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Ongoing Study ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
Old World ◽  
Nomenclatural Type ◽  
Impatiens Balsamina ◽  
The Western Ghats

The genus Impatiens Linnaeus (1753: 937) consists of about 1000 species, distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World as well as in the northern temperate regions (Mabberley 2008). In India there are about 215 species of Impatiens recorded so far, of which 142 species are endemic, and the highest diversity occurs in two regions, viz. the Eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats (Singh 2016a, 2016b, Singh & Garg 2016). During an ongoing study on the systematics of Impatiens in India, a total of 37 binomials have already been lectotypified and one neotypified previously (Singh 2016a, 2016b). Linnaeus (1753) published 7 names under Impatiens [Impatiens balsamina Linnaeus (1753: 938), I chinensis Linnaeus (1753: 937), I. cornuta Linnaeus (1753: 937), I. latifolia Linnaeus (1753: 937), I. oppositifolia Linnaeus (1753: 937), I. triflora Linnaeus (1753: 938) and I. noli-tangere Linnaeus (1753: 938)] in Species Plantarum. The names I. chinensis, I. cornuta and I. latifolia appear to be yet untypified and are investigated here as a part of systematic study of this genus in India. The designation of the nomenclatural type for these names is based on an assessment of Linnaeus’s original materials and the literature cited in protologue. The images of the selected lectotypes specimens at BM and LINN are available online (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/botanical-collections and http://linnean-online.org/linnaean_herbarium.html).

New locality records and call description of the Resplendent Shrub Frog Raorchestes resplendens (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 16502-16509
Author(s):  
Sandeep Das ◽  
K.P. Rajkumar ◽  
K.A. Sreejith ◽  
M. Royaltata ◽  
P.S. Easa
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Grassland Ecosystem ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Controlled Burning ◽  
New Locations ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Western Ghats

Abstract: The Resplendent Shrub Frog, Raorchestes resplendens Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, & Bossuyt, 2010 is a Critically Endangered species endemic to the Western Ghats and was considered to be restricted to a three-square kilometer patch atop Anamudi summit.  In this study, we report 36 new locations of the species from the Anamalai massif of the southern Western Ghats.  Niche-based prediction modelling suggests that the species is restricted to Anamalai massif.  The call description of this frog is also provided for the first time. The preferred microhabitat of the frog is Chrysopogon grass clumps in the marshy/swampy montane grassland ecosystem. Restricted to a small area with controlled burning management practiced in its habitat, R. resplendens needs immediate attention.

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