Indian, Scenario

N., Mohanan, P. S., Shameer, Abstract, T. Sabu & L., Garcinia, 2023, Taxonomic revision of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in India, Rheedea 33 (3), pp. 101-158 : 103

InDian Scenario

All Indian floristic works, earlier as well as recent, have given a general consideration for Garcinia species found in the respective area. But from these works it is difficult to come up with a clear picture on the total number of taxa represented within the country. Anderson (1874) included 30 species and 8 varieties in the erstwhile British India, where as Maheshwari (1964) in his revision of the genus in India included 41 taxa (35 species and six varieties), where 31 species and five varieties are native and four species and one variety are exotic. Two species earlier reported within the country ( G. nervosa (Miq.) Miq. and G. keenania Pierre ) were not included in this work. Singh (1993) followed Maheshwari, in almost all aspects, for the treatment of Garcinia in the Flora of India and recognized 39 wild taxa (35 species and four varieties) including G. keenania , a first-time report to the country. Interestingly almost all these species except three, Garcinia talbotii Raizada ex Santapau , Garcinia rubro-echinata Kosterm. and Garcinia dhanikhariensis S.K.Srivast. , were described during the post independent period. Present study recognizes 33 species and seven varieties indigenous for the country, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands.