Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1991 |
Authors: | Rao, P. S. N., Srivastava S. K. |
Journal: | Nordic Journal of Botany. Copenhagen |
Volume: | 11 |
Start Page: | 575 |
Pagination: | 576 |
ISSN: | 0107-055X |
Abstract: | Arisaema saddlepeakense is described from Saddle Peak, Andaman Islands, India. It belongs to section Fimbriata and is allied to A. album. |
Full Text | Arisaema Mart. is represented by ca 170 species mostly reported from China, Japan, India and a few from Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Burma, Sumatra, Borneo, Arabian Peninsula, tropical and northeast Africa, eastern North America to Mexico. In India it comprises nearly 40 species represented in North and Eastern Himalayan region, Nilgiri and Travancore in South India. Chatterjee (1954) and Hara (1971) have given an account of Arisaema from India and Burma. |
Arisaema saddlepeakense, a new species of Araceae from India
Taxonomic name: