Sapria himalayana

Sapria himalayana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Rafflesiaceae
Genus: Sapria
Species: Sapria himalayana
Formae: (2)
S. h. f. albovinosa – S. h. f. himalayana

Name

Sapria himalayana Griff., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1(22): 217 (1844).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central. Asia-Tropical  Indian Subcontinent Assam, Tibet, East Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Griffith, W. 1844. On the Root-Parasites referred by authors to Rhizantheae, and their allies. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1(22): 216–221. BHL.

Additional references

• Tanaka, N., Nagamasu, H., Tagane, S., Aung, M.M., Aung, K. W., Phyu Phyu, H. 2019. Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar IV: A new species and a newly recorded taxon of the genus Sapria (Rafflesiaceae). Taiwania 64(4): 357–362. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2019.64.357, Abstract .
• Ahmad, A., Kumar, A., Singh Rawat, G. & Gopi, G.V. 2020. Recent record of a threatened holoparasitic plant Sapria himalayana Griff. in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(10): 16399–16401. DOI: 10.11609/jott.5168.12.10.16399-16401
• Syiemiong, P., Shankar Chaturvedi, S., Arbenz, T. & Tămaș, T. 2022. A note on Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae) from Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya, India). Biodiversity Journal 13(1): 73–78. DOI: 10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.1.73.78

Vernacular names

ไทย: กระโถนฤาษี

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