| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Authors: | Mujaffar, S., Yasin, C. M., Moinuddin, S., Mustakim S. |
| Journal: | Bioscience Discovery |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page: | 25 |
| Pagination: | 29 |
| ISSN: | 2229-3469 |
| Keywords: | Araceae, India, Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, Typhonium |
| Abstract: | Typhonium khandwaense Mujaffar, Yasin & Mustakim, a new species of Typhonium from Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh, India is described and illustrated. The new species resembles Typhonium roxburghii, Typhonium trilobatum & Typhonium inopinatum in its ovate-reniform, hastate or triangular lamina and spathe-limb twisted at tip. But the new species differs from these in having subcylindric tubers, with male zone yellow, sterile flowers filiforms and decurved covering female zone partially. |
| Full Text | Typhonium Scott (Araceae:Areae) is a genus containing about 60 (44) species (Schott, 1832; Airy & Willis, 1973; Sriboonma & Iwatsuki, 1994; Hay, 1993-1997; Mayo & Boyce, 1997; Hetterscheid & Boyce, 2000; Hetterscheid & Nguyen, 2001; Wang & Bian, 2002 & Dao & Heng, 2007), excluding Sauromatum Schott species which was removed from Typhonium by Hetterscheid & Boyce (2000). The genus Typhonium Schott is generally distributed in South, Southeast and East Asia and extends throughout the pacific area to Australasia. In India the genus is represented by nine species. Of these are Typhonium listeri Prain, T. diversifolium Wall; T. bulbiferum Dalzellet; T. flagelliforme (Lodd.) Blume; T. blumei Nicolson; T. roxburghii Schott; T. trilobatum (L.) Schott; T. inopinatum Prain & T. gracile (Roxb.) Schott (Nicolson, 1981; Karthikeyan et al, 1989). |
TYPHONIUM KHANDWAENSE (ARACEAE: AREAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA
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