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EG 4Th Issue 2019 Vol.25, No.4, 2019 EPTRI-ENVIS Newsletter: Eastern Ghats Printed Matter MURDANNIA Royle EPTRI-ENVIS Newsletter ISSN No: 0974-2336 Key to species 1. Seeds single per locule……………………………..…………….……....................................................................M. vaginata Telangana 1. Seeds more than one per locule………………………….……….……………..………….......................................................2 2. Seeds uniseriate in a locule ………………………………..…………………..….…...…........................................................3 2. Seeds biseriate in a locule……………………………………..…………………………….....................................................4 The Eastern Ghats 3. Seeds with large midventral pit ………………...…………………….……............................................................M. dimorpha E P T R I - E N V I S N e w s l e t t e r 3. Seeds without midventral pit…………………………….………………….…..…………......................................................5 ENVIS CENTRE ON ECOLOGY OF EASTERN GHATS 4. Plant perennial; flowers without striations on petals ………………………..…......................................................M. esculenta 4. Plant annual; flowers with or without striated petals …………………….………….……........................................................6 The ENVIS Centre on Eastern Ghats is a decentralized Environmental Information Facility established by the Ministry of 5. Testa foveolate–reticulate, or verrucose, or acellate ………………………..…..........................................................M. spirata Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India at EPTRI, Hyderabad with a focused theme on the Ecology of Eastern Ghats 5. Testa alveolate to colliculate, or reticulate………………………………….…………….........................................................7 6. Leaves linear, filiform; seeds 2–8 per locule……………………..……….…..........................................................M. semiteres Volume-25 Issue-4 October - December, 2019 6. Leaves lanceolate; seeds 18–20 per locule………………………….………...........................................................M. nudiflora 7. Plants annuals; leaves rosette …………………………………………….….....................................................M. nimmoniana 7. Plants perennials; leaves not in a rosette………………………...……..……..…..........................................................M. edulis Murdannia nimmoniana Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Murdannia spirata (L.) (J. Graham) S.M.Almeida G.Bruckn. G.Bruckn. REFERENCES: Faden, R.B. (2012). Commelinaceae. In Henk Beentje (Eds.) Flora of Tropical Naik, M.C. and Rao, B.P. (2017). A new Species of dewflower Murdannia East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. sanjappae (Commelinaceae) from Andaman Islands, India. Jott- 9 (11) 10909- Faden, R. B. (2000). Commelinaceae. In: Dassanayake MD & WD Clayton (Eds) 10913. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 14: 116–196. Oxford and IBH Nandikar M.D. and Naik, M.C. (2019). Commelina littoralis (Commelinaceae), a Publishing, New Delhi. new species from India. Nordic J. Botany. doi: 10.1111/njb.02168. 1-7. Faden, R. B. (1998). Commelinaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (Ed.) The Families and Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. (2018). A new species of Commelina Genera of Vascularplants 4:109–128. Springer Verlag, Berlin. (Commelinaceae) from India. – Webbia 73: 233–237. Faden R. B. (1991). The morphology and taxonomy of Aneilema R. Brown Nandikar, M. D. and Gurav, R. V. (2015). Commelina badamica (Commelinaceae), a (Commelinaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 76. Washington, new species from India. – Telopea 18: 513–518. D.C., 181 pp. Nandikar, M.D. and R.V., Gurav, (2014). A Revision of the Genus Cyanotis D. Don FSI. (2019). Andhra Pradesh state forest reports. Forest resources in states. Andhra (Commelinaceae) in India. Taiwania 59(4): 292-314. Pradesh, India. Pullaiah, T. and S. Karuppusamy, (2008). Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India). Vol. 5. Govaerts, R. & Faden, R.B. (2014). WorldChecklist of Commelinaceae. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; Pullaiah, T. and M. Chennaih, (1997). Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India). Vol. 3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/. observations. 6:1–6. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. Hooker, J.D. (1894). The Flora of British India 374–383ReeveandCo.,London. Raju, R.R.V. and T. Pullaiah, (1997). Flora of Kurnool. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Holmiae, Impensis Laurentii Salvii, pp. Singh, Dehra Dun. 1-36. Reddy, C. S., K.N. Reddy and V.S. Raju, (2008). Supplements to flora of Andhra Nampy, S. et al. (2013). The genus Commelina (Commelinaceae) in Andaman and Pradesh. Deep Publications. Nicobar Islands, India with one new species and three new records. – The Plant List (2018). Version 1. Published on the Internet. (Accessed 2nd January, Phytotaxa 87: 19–29. 2017). http://www.theplantlist.org/ From ENVIS Coordinator To Printed Matter Asst. EPTRI . ENVIS Centre on Ecology of Eastern Ghats Sr Sri..................................................................... , Environment Protection Training and Research .......................................................................... ENVIS CENTRE ON ECOLOGY OF EASTERN GHATS Institute (EPTRI) .......................................................................... 91/4, Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032, India. .......................................................................... ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE Ph : +91-040-23180103, 23180115, 23180100 .......................................................................... Md. Khader Fax No.:+40-23180135, 91/4, Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032, India. .......................................................................... Ph: +91-40-67567520, 67567511 Fax: +91-40-67567535 Website: http://eptrienvis.nic.in Pin:.................................................................... Email: [email protected] URL: http://eptrienvis.nic.in Design by: Email : [email protected] 7 EPTRI-ENVIS Newsletter: Eastern Ghats Vol.25, No.4, 2019 EPTRI-ENVIS Newsletter: Eastern Ghats Vol.25, No.4, 2019 CYANOTIS D. Don. Editorial Contents Page No. Key to species This issue deals with family “Commelinaceae from 2 “Commelinaceae from Eastern Ghats of 1. Inflorescences enclosed within the leaf sheaths; capsules with a trifid beak………………........................C. axillaris Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India”. The issue Andhra Pradesh, India”. talks about 7 genera (Amischotolype, Commelina, 1. Inflorescences not enclosed within the leaf sheaths; capsule not beaked…………….……………….......................2 Cyanotis, Floscopa, Murdannia, Pollia and 2. Plant glabrous, rarely pubescent; bracts glabrous, much longer than the inflorescence...….........................C. cristata Rhopalephora) and 39 species in the enumeration. It 2. Plant variously pubescent or glabrous; bracts variously pubescent, much shorter than the inflorescence …......….....3 also gives brief description about genera and species 3. Leaves 1.2 cm or less than 1.5 cm wide ………………..……….….………………...……………...........................4 lanceolate, ca. 7 mm long, 2-veined, cohering with dorsal 3. Leaves 1 cm or less than 1 cm wide…………………………………….…....……….……………..........................5 present in family Commelinaceae. The issue also talks sepal, falcate; lower lobe shorter than the upper lobe, linear, about key species to 7 genera such as Amischotolype, ca. 3 mm long, 1-veined. Lip sessile, scabrid-pilose, ca. 1.7 4. Plants annual, rosette absent………………….………………………………...…………….…….........................6 Commelina, Cyanotis, Floscopa, Murdannia Pollia cm long, 3-lobed above the middle; lateral lobes linear, 5-6 4. Plants perennial; rosette present………………………………………………………............................................7 and Rhopalephora with their key. mm long, obtuse; midlobe linear-lanceolate, 6-7 mm long, 5. Leaves 1.2 cm or less than 1.5 cm wide ………………..………….….………………….............................C. villosa obtuse; spur as long as or shorter than the ovary. Pollinia oblong-ovoid. Ovary sessile, ca. 2.5 cm long. Stigmatic 5. Leaves 1 cm or less than 1 cm wide……………………………….…....……….…………………..........................8 Habenaria barbata Wight ex Hook. f. (Orchidaceae): A lobes 2, incurred, oblong-linear, ca. 3 mm long. Fruits 6. Stem and leaves densely covered with cobwebby hairs; cincinni 6 to many flowered, stamina filaments bearded with New Addition to the Flora of Telangana from Amrabad fusiform, 1.5-3 cm long. Tiger Reserve two coloured moniliform hairs………………………………..............................................................C. fasciculata 1* 2 1 Flowering and Fruiting: August-December. J. Swamy , S. S. Yashvardhan and L. Rasingam Habitat: Occasional in under shady habitats and open 6. Stem and leaves glabrous; cincinni 2–4 flowered; staminal filament bearded with one coloured moniliform hairs grasslands of dry deciduous forests. ……………………………………………………………………........................................................C. cucullata Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, 7. Leaves linear to lanceolate; leaf sheaths ciliate at margins, leaves hirsute, apex acute, base pointed or rounded Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and now from Telangana. ……………………………………………………………………………..........................................C. arcotensis Specimens examined: India, Telangana, Amrabad Tiger Reserve, 16.27027778°N, 78.70611111°E, 796 m.s.l, 7. Leaves ovate to elliptic to linear to lanceolate, leaf sheaths with a line of hairs along the fused edges, base cuneate to 19.10.2019, J. Swamy & S. S. Yashvardhan 4352 (BSID). rounded.….......................................................................................................................................C.
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