identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
038C87CCFFE94823E9A0FF74FF34FDB0.text	038C87CCFFE94823E9A0FF74FF34FDB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dalbergia matthewii S. Soosairaj, P. Raja & S. John Britto 2018	<div><p>Dalbergia matthewii S. Soosairaj, P. Raja &amp; S. John Britto, sp. nov. (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Type:— INDIA. Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, Palani hills National Park, elevation 1450 m, 10° 21 ′ 48 ″ N, 77°44 ′ 16 ″ E, 6 Feb 2016, S. Soosairaj 2287 (holotype RHT, isotype MH).</p> <p>Climbing liana, 5–8 m tall; branchlets rusty tomentose when young becoming glabrous, lenticels present, orbicular to elliptic. Stipules lanceolate, 7–8 × 3–5 mm, pubescent adaxially, glabrous abaxially, caducous. Leaves pinnate, 7.5–13.5 × 5.5–8.5 cm, petiolate; petioles 9–12 mm long; petiolules 2–4 mm long, rusty tomentose; leaflets 7 to 13, lateral leaflets elliptic, terminal leaflet obovate, 2.0–7.5 × 1.3–3.5 cm, base obtuse, apex retuse, lateral nerves 6 to 9 pairs, adaxial surface puberulous for half the lamina length along the midrib from the base, abaxial surface pubescent along the midrib and puberulous on lamina. Inflorescence axillary panicle, 2–4 cm long, rusty tomentose. Bract ovate, 2 mm long, rusty tomentose; bracteoles 2, ovate–elliptic, 2.2 mm long, rusty pubescent. Flowers 8–9 mm long, pedicel 1.5–2.0 mm long, tomentose. Calyx campanulate, 5× 3 mm long, rusty pubescent without, glabrous within, tube 4 mm long; 5-toothed, teeth subequal, upper 2 broader than lower, 1.3×2.0 mm, ovate–rounded, lower 3 longer than upper, 1.5–1.0 mm, lanceolate–ovate, acute. Corolla greenish yellow, petals clawed, glabrous; vexillum obovate, 5.0–5.5 × 3.5 mm, retuse at apex, claw 2.3 mm long; wings oblong, 5.5× 1.5 mm, base auricled, claw 2.2 mm long; keels boatshaped, jointed dorsally, 5.5– 1.8 mm, claw 2.5 mm long. Stamens 9, monadelphous, sheath 5–6 mm long, filaments 0.8–2.0 mm long, free in upper ¼; anthers dehiscent dorsally. Pistil 5 mm long; ovary stipitate, 4 mm long, strigose only on dorsal side, ovules 2; style bent, 1 mm long, glabrous; stigma minute. Pod oblong, stipitate, 3.0–6.8 × 1.0– 1.4 cm, thin and flat, brown, glabrous, reticulate throughout, base cuneate, apex obtusely apiculate, 1 (2)-seeded. Seeds reniform, 14–16 × 5–6 mm, brown.</p> <p>Diagnostic characters: Dalbergia matthewii is a distinct species and is closely similar to D. gardneriana and D. congesta. It resembles D. gardneriana in having two bracteoles, a campanulate calyx, and monadelphous stamens, but differs by having a strigose ovary, brown reniform seeds and an obovate vexillum (D. gardeniana has a villous ovary, black oval seeds and ovate vexillum). Dalbergia matthewii is similar to D. congesta in staminal sheath length (5–6 mm) and having 1 to 2 reniform seeds per pod. However, D. matthewii has a strigose ovary, obovate vexillum and rusty tomentose bract whereas D. congesta has a glabrous ovary, ovate–orbicular vexillum and puberulous bract (Table 1).</p> <p>Etymology: The new species is named in honor of Dr. K.M. Matthew, former Director of the Rapinat Herbarium, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, for his immense contributions to the taxonomic history of Peninsular India.</p> <p>Phenology: Flowering occurs in February and March, and fruiting from April to May.</p> <p>Distribution, ecology and conservation status: Dalbergia matthewii can be found growing along the borders of Southern Montane Wet Temperate Forest (11A/C1) (Champion &amp; Seth 1968) and roads adjoining this forest in Palani Hills National Park (Western Ghats) of Tamil Nadu at an elevation range of 1300–1500 m. It is a liana with stems ranging from 100–240 mm in diameter. This species is associated with species such as Syzygium lanceolatum (Lam.) Wight &amp; Arn. (1834: 230), Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. Moore (1914: 148–149), Ardisia solanacea Roxb. (1795: 27), Clausena dentata (Willd.) Roem. (1840: 40), Celastrus paniculatus Willd. (1797: 1125), Plectranthus mollis Spreng. (1825: 690) and Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze (1898: 19). The authors observed more than fifty mature individuals at this locality although the exact population size and its distribution range needs to be explored further.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87CCFFE94823E9A0FF74FF34FDB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Soosairaj, S.;Raja, P.;Britto, S. John;Balaguru, B.	Soosairaj, S., Raja, P., Britto, S. John, Balaguru, B. (2018): A new species of Dalbergia (Fabaceae: Dalbergieae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Phytotaxa 360 (3): 282-286, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.360.3.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.360.3.8
038C87CCFFEB4823E9A0FD17FA45F938.text	038C87CCFFEB4823E9A0FD17FA45F938.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dalbergia undefined-1	<div><p>Key to Indian scandent Dalbergia species</p> <p>1. Stamens monadelphous.....................................................................................................................................................................2</p> <p>- Stamens isodiadelphous....................................................................................................................................................................13</p> <p>2. Leaflets usually 1–7............................................................................................................................................................................3</p> <p>- Leaflets usually&gt; 7............................................................................................................................................................................5</p> <p>3. Pods 30–40 mm long..................................................................................................................................................... D. rubiginosa</p> <p>- Pods 75–100 cm long.........................................................................................................................................................................4</p> <p>4. Flowers in crowded axillary panicles with corymbose branchlets; pods 1–3 seeded............................................................ D. ovata</p> <p>- Flowers in lax axillary panicles with subcorymbose branchlets; pods always 1 seeded............................................ D. pseudo-sisso</p> <p>5. Leaflets 7–13......................................................................................................................................................................................6</p> <p>- Leaflets 9–41......................................................................................................................................................................................8</p> <p>6. Vexillum obovate; seeds brown....................................................................................................................................... D. matthewii</p> <p>- Vexillum ovate–orbicular; seeds black...............................................................................................................................................7</p> <p>7. Leaflets prominently nerved; ovary glabrous................................................................................................................... D. congesta</p> <p>- Leaflets obscurely nerved; ovary villous..................................................................................................................... D. gardneriana</p> <p>8. Trunk armed........................................................................................................................................................................ D. horrida</p> <p>- Trunk unarmed...................................................................................................................................................................................9</p> <p>9. Pods veined opposite the seeds.........................................................................................................................................................10</p> <p>- Pods not veined opposite the seeds..................................................................................................................................................11</p> <p>10. Leaflets glabrous; flowers in ample terminal panicles with crowded corymbose branches....................................... D. confertiflora</p> <p>- Leaflets with few obscure appressed hairs; flowers in copious axillary panicles with corymbose branches............ D. melanoxylon</p> <p>11. Branches pubescent; pods brownish.................................................................................................................................................12</p> <p>- Branched glabrous; pods greenish................................................................................................................................ D. junghuhnii</p> <p>12. Panicle distinctly peduncled, as long as the leaves............................................................................................................ D. velutina</p> <p>- Panicle sessile, shorter than leaves...................................................................................................................................... D. pinnata</p> <p>13. Pods straight.....................................................................................................................................................................................14</p> <p>- Pods obliquely orbicular........................................................................................................................................... D. candenatensis</p> <p>14. Calyx teeth as long as the tube........................................................................................................................................................15</p> <p>- Calyx teeth shorter than the tube.....................................................................................................................................................16</p> <p>15. Pods thickened, not flexible........................................................................................................................................... D. stipulacea</p> <p>- Pods thin, flexible............................................................................................................................................................. D. assamica</p> <p>16. Leaflets 9–11; bracteate.................................................................................................................................................... D. thomsoni</p> <p>- Leaflets 11–19; ebracteate................................................................................................................................................................17</p> <p>17. Pedicels as long as the calyx............................................................................................................................................................18</p> <p>- Pedicels shorter than the calyx.......................................................................................................................................... D. volubilis</p> <p>18. Leaflets acute, glabrescent; pod softly pubescent................................................................................................................... D. cana</p> <p>- Leaflets obtuse, glabrous; pod glabrous........................................................................................................................... D. purpurea</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87CCFFEB4823E9A0FD17FA45F938	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Soosairaj, S.;Raja, P.;Britto, S. John;Balaguru, B.	Soosairaj, S., Raja, P., Britto, S. John, Balaguru, B. (2018): A new species of Dalbergia (Fabaceae: Dalbergieae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Phytotaxa 360 (3): 282-286, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.360.3.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.360.3.8
