Checklist of Rare Plants of Meghalaya found in the Sacred groves of the Jaintia Hills

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TaxaNo. of SpeciesPlace NameBiogeographic RegionState(s)District(s)
Higher Plants31Jaintia Hills, MeghalayaHimalaya: East, North-east: North-east HillsMeghalayaJaintia Hills

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Thu, 1997-05-01Fri, 1999-04-30Mon, 2002-07-29Mon, 2002-07-29
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Jamir, S.A and Pandey, H.N. Vascular plant diversity in the sacred groves of Jaintia Hills in northeast India. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 14 9 7–1 5 1 0, 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers (Printed in the Netherlands). Pg: 158, Appendix 2.

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Checklist Details

Checklist Info -
Information for this checklist was collected during an extensive floristic survey conducted over a period of three years. Specimens of all flowering and non-flowering plants were collected. Specimens were identified in consultation with The Herbaria at the Botany Department, North-Eastern Hill University and Botanical Survey of India, North-Eastern Circle, Shillong.
Published works of Deb (1958), Balakrishnan (1981–1983), Chauhan (1983), Das and Deori (1983), Kataki (1983), Rao and Haridasan (1983), Haridasan and Rao (1985–1987), Nayar and Sastry (1990), Kumar (1991), Khan et al. (1997) and Samant et al. (1998) were used to prepare the list of endangered, threatened, rare and endemic plants found in the sacred groves of Jaintia Hills.

Checklist Key -
All plant species listed are endemic to the Eastern Himalayas and North East India.
In the column titled 'sacred_grove',
1: Khloo Paiu Ram Pyrthai,
2: Urkhla, and,
3: Khloo Langdoh.
The information for the column titled status_in_meghalaya, comes from the following sources:
Chatterjee (1940), Deb (1958), Balakrishnan (1981–1983), Das and Deori (1983), Rao and Haridasan (1983), Haridasan and Rao (1985–1987), Kumar (1991), Samant et al. (1998) and Khan et al. (1997).

Checklist Stats -
No. of Species: 31.

Checklist
s.no scientific_name author(s) family sacred_grove field_notes
1 Acer laevigatum Wall. Aceraceae 3 Endemic
2 Aeschynanthes sikkimensis (Clarke) Stapf Gesneriaceae 1,2,3 Endemic
3 Ardisia depressa Cl. Myrsinaceae 1,2,3 –
4 Ardisia odontophylla DC. Myrsinaceae 1,2 –
5 Balanophora dioica Royle Balanophoraceae 1,2 –
6 Baliospermum micranthum (Muell-Arg) Euphorbiaceae 1,2,3 Endemic
7 Bulbophyllum griffithii (Lindl.) Reichb. Orchidaceae 1,2,3 Endemic
8 Callicarpa psilocalyx Clarke Verbenaceae 2,3 Endemic
9 Carpinus viminea Lindl. Corylaceae 1,2 Endemic
10 Ceropegia angustifolia Wt. Asclepediaceae 1,2 Endemic
11 Cinnamomum pauciflorum Nees. Lauraceae 2 Endemic
12 Clematis acutangula Hook.f. Ranunculaceae 1,2 –
13 Dendrobium devonianum Paxt. Orchidaceae 1,2 –
14 Embelia vestita Roxb. Myrsinaceae 1,2
15 Fissistigma verrucosum (Hk.f.&Th.) Merr. Annonaceae 1,2,3 Endemic
16 Fraxinus floribunda Wall. Oleaceae 1 –
17 Gomphostema lucidum Benth. Lamiaceae 1,2 Endemic
18 Hedera nepalensis K.Koch. Araliaceae 2 Endemic
19 Ilex emblioides Hook.f. Aquifoliaceae 1 Endemic
20 Ilex venulosa Hook.f. Aquifoliaceae 1,2 Endemic
21 Lindera latifolia Hook.f. Lauraceae 1,2,3 Endemic
22 Morinda umbelleta Linn Rubiaceae 2,3 –
23 Pleione maculata (Lindl) Lindl. Orchidaceae 1,2 –
24 Porana racemosa Roxb. Convolvulaceae 2,3 Endemic
25 Psychotria symplocifolia Kurz. Rubiaceae 1,2 Endemic
26 Sarcosperma griffithii Cl. Sapotaceae 2,3 –
27 Schima khasiana Dyer Theaceae 1,2 Endemic
28 Sonerila khasiana Clarke Melastomaceae 1,2 Endemic
29 Styrax hookerii Cl Styracaceae 2,3 –
30 Tupidanthus calyptratus Hk.f. Araliaceae 1,2,3 Endemic
31 Turpina nepalensis W and A Prodr. Staphylaceae 1,3 Endemic
References

For a list of all Sacred Groves in the Jaintia Hills, North East India, refer: http://jaintia.nic.in/