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- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- ABSTRACT
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. MATERIAL AND METHODS
- III. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
- REPORTS ON THE FAMILY
- MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES
- ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
- ANATOMICAL STUDIES
- PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES
- SEED GERMINATION STUDIES
- TAXONOMIC REVISIONS
- CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES
- POLLEN MORPHOLOGY
- EMBRYOLOGICAL STUDIES
- AFFINITIES
- IV. OBSERVATIONS
- Key to the Genera
- 1. INDOTRISTICHA (Wight) Van Royen
- I. ramosissima
- Fig. 1 Indotristicha ramosissima (Wt.) van Royen
- Fig. 2 Indotristicha ramosissima (Wt.) van Royen
- 2. DALZELLIA Wight
- a. D. gracilis
- Fig. 3 Dalzellia gracilis Mathew, Jager-Zurn, Nileena
- Fig. 4 Dalzellia gracilis Mathew, Jager-Zurn, Nileena
- PLATE 1Dalzellia gracilis Mathew, Jager-Zurn, Nileena
- b. D. ceylanica
- Fig. 5 Dalzellia ceylarzica (Gardn.) Wt.
- Fig. 6 Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardn.) Wt.
- Fig. 7 Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardn.) Wt.
- Fig. 8 Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardn.) Wt.
- PLATE 2 Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardn.) Wt.
- PLATE 3 Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardn.) Wt.
- Intraspecific comparison of D. ceylanica (Table 1)
- 3. POLYPLEURUM (Taylor ex Tulasne) Warming
- a. P. stylosum
- Fig. 9 Polypleurum stylosum (Wt.) Hall.
- Fig. 10 Polypleurum stylosum (Wt.) Hall.
- Fig. 11 Polypleurum stylosum (Wt.) Hall.
- Intraspecific comparison of P. stylosum (Table 2)
- b. P. prostratum
- Fig. 12 Polypleurum prostratum Mathew el Nileena
- Fig. 13 Polypleurum prostratum Mathew et Nileena
- Fig. 14 Polypleurum prostratum Mathew et Nileena
- PLATE 4 Polypleurum prostratum Mathew et Nileena
- Intraspecific comparison of P. pro stratum (Table 3)
- c. P. minor
- Fig. 15 Polypleurum minor (Wedd.) Nagendran, Arekal etSubramanyam
- Fig. 16 Polypleurum minor (Wedd.) Nagendran, Arekal etSubramanyam
- Fig. 17 Polypleurum minor (Wedd.) Nagendran, Arekal elSubramanyam
- Intraspecific comparison of P. minor (Table 4)
- d. P. disciformum
- Fig. 18 Polypleurum disciformum Mathew et Nileena
- Fig. 19 Polypleurum disciformum Mathew et Nileena
- Intraspecific comparison of P. disciformum (Table 5)
- 4. CLADOPUS H Moller
- C. hookerianus
- Fig. 20 Cladopus hookeriallus (Tul.) C. Cusset.
- Fig. 21 Cladopus hookerianus (Tul.) C. Cusset
- 5. FARMERIA Willis
- F metzgeriodes
- Fig. 22 Farmeria metzgerioides (Trimen) Willis
- Fig. 23 Farmeria metzgerioides (Trimen) Willis
- PLATE 5 Farmeria metzgeriodes (Trimen) Willis
- 6. MAFERRIA C. Cusset, gen. nov.
- M. indica
- Fig. 24 Maferria indica (Willis) C. Cusset
- Fig. 25 Maferria indica (willis) C.Cusset
- PLATE 6 Maferria indica (Willis) C. Cusset
- 7. HYDROBRYOPSIS Engler
- a. H. sessilis
- Fig. 26 Hydrobryopsis sessilis (Willis) Engl.
- Fig. 27 Hydrobryopsis sessilis (Willis) Engl.
- Intraspecific comparison of H. sessilis (Table 6)
- 8. WILLISIA Warming
- a. W. selaginoides
- Fig. 28 Willisiu seluginoides (Bedd.) Warm. ex Willis
- PLATE 7 Willisin selaginoides (Bedd.) Warm. ex Willis
- PLATE 8 Willisia selaginoides (Bedd.) Warm. ex Willis
- b. W. arekaliana
- 9. PODOSTEMUM Michx.
- a. P. subulatum
- Fig. 29 Podostemum subulaturm Gardn.
- Fig. 30 Podostemum subulatum Gardn.
- Fig. 31 Podostemum subulatum Gardn.
- PLATE 9 Podostemum subulatum Gardn.
- Intraspecific comparison of P. subulatum (Table 7)
- b. P. munnarense
- Fig. 32 Podostemum munnarense (Nag & Arekal) Mathew & Satheesh
- Fig. 33 Podostemum munnarense (Nag & Arekal Mathew & Satheesh
- 10. ZEYLANIDIUM (Tul.) Engler
- a. Z. olivaceum
- Fig. 34 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- Fig. 35 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 10 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 11 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 12 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 13 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 14 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 15 Zeylanidium Olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 16 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 17 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 18 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 19 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- PLATE 20 Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardn.) Engl.
- Intraspecific comparison of Z olivaceum (Table 8)
- b. Z. maheshwarii
- Fig. 36 Zeylanidium maheshwarii Mathew & Satheesh
- c. Z. lichenoides
- Fig. 37 Zeylanidium lichenoides (Kurz) Engl.
- Fig. 38 Zeylanidium lichenoides (Kurz) Engl.
- Fig. 39 Zeylanidium lichenoides (Kurz) Engl.
- PLATE 21 Zeylanidium lichenoides (Kurz) Engl.
- Intraspecific comparison of Z. lichenoides. (Table 9)
- V. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- Dalzellia
- Polypleurum
- Evolutionary trends in the genus Polypleurum
- Cladopus
- Farmeria and Maferria
- Podostemum
- Comments regarding the transfer of Asian Podostemum to Zeylanidium
- Zeylanidium
- Hydrobryopsis
- Evolutionary trends in the family Podostemaceae
- Scope for further research and need for preservation of Podostemaceae
- Interspecific comparison table of Dalzellia gracilis and D. ceylanica. (Table 10)
- Interspecific comparison of Polypleurum spp. (Table 11)
- Intergeneric comparison of Farmeria and Maferria (Table 12) Interspecific comparison of Podostemum spp. (Table 13)
- Intergeneric comparison of Podostemum and Zeylanidiuin. (Table 14)
- Intergeneric Comparison of Podostemum and Zeylanidium
- VI. DETAILS OF SPECIMENS USED FOR RESEARCH
- 1. INDOTRISTICHA RAMOSISSIMA
- 2. DALZELLIA GRACILIS
- 3. DALZELLIA CEYLANICA
- 4. POLYPLEURUM STYLOSUM
- 5. POLYPLEURUM PROSTRATUM
- 6. POLYPLEURUM MINOR
- 7. POLYPLEURUM DISCIFORMUM
- 8. CLADOPUS HOOKERIANUS
- 9. FARMERIA METZGERIOIDES
- 10. MAFERRIA INDICA
- 11. HYDROBRYOPSIS SESSILIS
- 12. WILLISIA SELAGINOIDES
- 13. WILLISIA AREKALIANA
- 14. PODOSTEMUM SUBULATUM
- 15. PODOSTEMUM MUNNARENSE
- 16. ZEYLANIDIUM OLIVACEUM
- 17. ZEYLANIDIUM MAHESHWARII
- 17. ZEYLANIDIUM LICHENOIDES
- List of specimens received from Prof. C. Thomas Philbrick
- VII. LIST OF REFERENCES
- PAPER PUBLISHED