Dendrobium kallarensis Jose, George, Yohannan& Madhusudhanan

 Dendrobium kallarensis Jose, George, Yohannan& Madhusudhanan; India Int. J. of Adv. Res. 2 (Feb). 0, 2014

Dendrobium kallarensis Jose, George, Yohannan& Madhusudhanan; Photos Mathew Jose Mathew

Type:

—INDIA. Kerala: Pathinamthitta District, Kallar, 9° 13’ 11” N, 770 9’ 14” E, 1200 M, November 26th 2011, Jose Mathew & K.V.George CMS 02748 (Flowering twig) (Holotype: MH; Isotypes: Herbarium of the CMS college- Kottayam, School of Environmental Sciences- Mahatma Gandhi University- Kottayam- Kerala).

Distribution & Ecology: 

—The new taxa grows in moist rocks in the montane grassland ± 1000 m, associated with Didymocarpus humboldtiana Gard. (1846: 477).

Eponymy: 

— The specific epithet named for the location in which first collected, and perhaps confined.

Phenology: 

— Flowering & fruiting occur during October- February.

Conservation status: 

— The new taxa is seen in undisturbed wet rock strewn pockets of montane grass lands in Kallar valley and Pulikkayam of Achankovil belongs to Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve. A total of 300 individuals were scattered on this environs.

Cite:

Jose Mathew, K.V. George, Regy Yohannan, K. Madhusudhanan (2014); Dendrobium kallarensis (Orchidaceae): A new species from southern Western Ghats, India Int. J. of Adv. Res. 2 (Feb). 0] (ISSN 2320-5407).