Notes on the distribution of some angiosperms from Maharashtra, India

An occurrence of three species, that are reported in Maharashtra flora based on Cooke’s report in ‘The Flora of the presidency of Bombay’, has been confirmed based on herbarium specimens deposited in the herbarium of Agharkar Research Institute, Pune in recent years

Extended distribution of endemic Travancore Murainagrass Ischaemum travancorense Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch. (Poaceae) to central India

Ischaemum travancorense Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch., an endemic species, earlier known only from the Western Ghats of Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa is reported here for the first time from central India. </div

Extended distribution of endemic Travancore Murainagrass Ischaemum travancorense Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch. (Poaceae) to central India

Ischaemum travancorense Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch., an endemic species, earlier known only from the Western Ghats of Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa is reported here for the first time from central India. </div

<i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:HI; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">In vitro </span></i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:HI;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="EN-GB">flowering and<i> </i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:HI;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN-GB">fruiting of critically endangered plant <i>Ceropegia rollae </i>Hemadri</span></span>

112-115<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:mangal;="" mso-ansi-language:en-gb;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:hi"="" lang="EN-GB">Ceropegia rollae Hemadri (Family: Apocynaceae) is critically endangered, rare and endemic species of Northern Western Ghats and is added in Red Data Book and IUCN list. The aim of the present study was to develop efficient in vitro micropropagation protocol to conserve the taxa C. rollae. The surface sterilised nodal shoot explants were used for the establishment of culture. The maximum percentage of shoot proliferation (100%) and mean shoot length (3.97±0.46) was obtained on MS medium supplemented with 3 mg L-1 BAP. The highest number of roots per shoot (<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" mangal;mso-ansi-language:en-gb;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-GB">7.40±0.28) was favoured by MS medium supplemented with IBA, while NAA showed floral promotion. Various sucrose concentrations (1-21%) were applied to study the frequency of flowering morphology. The maximum % of floral bud induction (91.67± 8.33) and number of floral buds per explant (7.33±0.96) were obtained on MS medium supplemented with 6% sucrose and NAA. In vitro follicle was also observed, which may be the result of self-pollination<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">. This is a first report of in vitro follicle in case of C. rollae.</span

Understanding evolution in Poales: Insights from Eriocaulaceae plastome.

In this study, we report the plastome of Eriocaulon decemflorum (Eriocaulaceae) and make an effort to understand the genome evolution, structural rearrangements and gene content of the order Poales by comparing it with other available plastomes. The size of complete E. decemflorum plastome is 151,671 bp with an LSC (81,477bp), SSC (17,180bp) and a pair of IRs (26,507 bp). The plastome exhibits GC content of 35.8% and 134 protein-coding genes with 19 genes duplicated in the IR region. The Eriocaulaceae plastome is characterized by the presence of accD, ycf1 and ycf2 genes and presence of introns in clpP and rpoC1 genes which have been lost in the Graminid plastomes. Phylogenomic analysis based on 81 protein-coding genes placed Eriocaulaceae sister to Mayacaceae. The present study enhances our understanding of the evolution of Poales by analyzing the plastome data from the order

Restoring India's Terrestrial Ecosystems: Needs, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations

&lt;p&gt;This document is&nbsp;a product&nbsp;of the preparatory phase project of the National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-Being which was catalysed and supported by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. It is the outcome of a series of stakeholder consultation meetings on ecological restoration of terrestrial landscapes and climate change in India. The insights from these meetings have been used to develop this document which highlights the challenges and best-practices in the restoration of terrestrial ecosystems, can serve as a guide for successful restoration of landscapes across different biomes of the Indian subcontinent, and help achieve India&rsquo;s commitments to the Bonn Challenge and the goals set by India for biodiversity conservation, land restoration, climate mitigation and adaptation.&lt;/p&gt