Published March 29, 2022 | Version v1

Myristica Gronovius 1755

  • 1. Plant Genetic Resource Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India & Department of Botany, St. Stephen's College (University of Kerala), Pathanapuram, Kerala, India & govindkyl @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9244 - 2919
  • 2. Plant Genetic Resource Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (Research Centre, University of Kerala), Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India & danmathew 2002 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4669 - 7494

Description

Key to Myristica species in India

1. Leaf <11 cm long, fruit globose, aril partially covering seed........................................................................... M. pushpangadaniana

- Leaf> 11 cm long, fruit ovoid, aril fully covering seed......................................................................................................................2

2. Aril red................................................................................................................................................................................................3

- Aril yellow..........................................................................................................................................................................................4

3. Seed globular/sub globular, seed apex round, aril spicy ................................................................................................... M. fragrans

- Seed ellipsoid, seed apex acute, aril not spicy............................................................................................................. M. andamanica

4. Fruit glabrous.................................................................................................................................................................. M. trobogarii

- Fruit tomentose/scurfy pubescent.......................................................................................................................................................5

5. Anther number>11, leaf> 25 cm long .......................................................................................................................... M. magnifica

- Anther number <10, leaf <25 cm long ...............................................................................................................................................6

6. Number of leaf vein <12, fruit densely tomentose....................................................................................................... M. malabarica

- Number of leaf vein>12, fruits scurfy pubescent ........................................................................................................... M. beddomei

Notes

Published as part of Govind, Murugan Govindakurup & Dan, Mathew, 2022, Status of the subspecies of Myristica beddomei (Myristicaceae), endemic to the Western Ghats, India, pp. 261-269 in Phytotaxa 541 (3) on page 263, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.541.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6392642

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gronovius
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Magnoliales
Family
Myristicaceae
Genus
Myristica
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Myristica Gronovius, 1755 sec. Govind & Dan, 2022