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Pynshailang Syiemiong

  • Biodiversity Journal, 13 (1): 0073-0078

    Pynshailang Syiemiong, Shiva Shankar Chaturvedi, Thomas Arbenz & Tudor Tămaş
    A note on Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae) from Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya, India)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.1.73.78

    ABSTRACT
    A total of 19 flowers belonging to the genus Sapria Griff. (Rafflesiaceae) were discovered in a small forest tract on the Songket Hill, near the village of Tangnub, Meghalaya, India. The flowers, colored deep red with yellow warts, grew individually or in groups of three to five. They were in different stages of development even when growing on the same host plant. Further taxonomical determinations on a male specimen have shown that the flowers belong to Sapria himalayana Griff., a rare and endangered species included in the Red Data Book of the Botanical Survey of India. The population size of S. himalayana on the Songket Hill is small and may be affected by human activity.