Gymnostachyum warrierianum

Gymnostachyum warrierianum K. M. Prabhukumar, Indira Balachandran, V. B. Sreekumar, K. S. Ramya, Satheesh George, Kew Bull. 70(3)-40: 2 (2015) as per POWO and IPNI;
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jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanary
¿ wah-rih-ear-ee-AH-num ? — named for Padmabhushan P K Warrier … Wikipedia
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commonly known as: purple gymnostachyum
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/gymnostachyum-warrierianum-kmpkumar.html
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Gymnostachyum sp. nov. : published : 10 posts by 6 authors.

Please go through the link of one new species​,​ Gymnostachyum published in the current issue of Kew Bulletin.
Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-015-9590-9


Congratulations …!
Linnaean Taxonomy combined with Molecular Taxonomy; great work.


here is the screen clipping
just below the blue button are the prices for use/download of the pasper
springer as a publisher (and so do many others, Wiley comes to mind right away)  want folks to buy use of papers
secondly on the orange button … if you click it you can read first two pages, that has the key on second page of the paper…


Thank you …, For the kind explanation.  Fortunately I am getting access to a number of foreign journals (in addition to all Indian journals) being subscribed by the Central National Herbarium, Howrah.  I sometimes go there for library and herbarium consultation.
I am also very thankful to … who never forgets to attach a copy of his publications.


Images by Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg)

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Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Gymnostachyum glabrum :: North Karnataka::: PKA-MAR92/92:: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)
Gymnostachyum glabrum (Family: Acanthaceae).
(This under shrub was seen in forest cover at North Karnataka).  

Gymnostachyum glabrum T.Anderson
at Unchalli Falls on December 15, 2012

Gymnostachyum warrieranum as per … in another thread


Thank you very much … for updating this post with corrected ID. Many thanks to … for correcting the ID.


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Names of Plants in India :: Gymnostachyum warrierianum K.M.P.Kumar, Balach. & V.B.Sreek: 1 image.
Gymnostachyum warrierianum K.M.P.Kumar, Balach. & V.B.Sreek.

jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanary
¿ wah-rih-ear-ee-AH-num ? — named for Padmabhushan P K Warrier … Wikipedia

commonly known as: purple gymnostachyum

botanical namesGymnostachyum warrierianum K.M.P.Kumar, Balach. & V.B.Sreek. … synonyms: no known synonyms … POWO, retrieved 04 May 2025

Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
purple gymnostachyum
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Karnataka, *Kerala; endemic

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 15:32 04-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:02 04-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

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References:
POWO and IPNI
Gymnostachyum warrieranum (Acanthaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats of India, based on morphological and molecular data– K. M. Prabhukumar, Indira Balachandran, V. B. Sreekumar, K. S. Ramya, Satheesh George- Kew Bulletin September 2015, 70:40- Summary- A new species of Gymnostachyum Nees (Acanthaceae), G. warrieranum K. M. P. Kumar, Balach. & V. B. Sreek. from the Western Ghats of India is described and illustrated. IUCN status, distribution, phenetic relationships, phenology and plastid genome variation are discussed and a key to the Gymnostachyum species distributed in Kerala is also provided for easy identification.
Updated on May 12, 2025

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