Volume 26, Issue 77, January - June, 2025

Taxonomic note on Iphigenia magnifica (Colchicaceae) an endemic and vulnerable species from Maharashtra, India

Pravin Sangale¹, Ashok Chaudhari^2,4♦, Shailendra Kamble², Manoj Patil^3,4, Rahul Zanan⁵

¹Department of Botany, Prof. Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce and Science College, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India
²Department of Botany, Shirur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Chandmal Tarachand Bora College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Shirur, Dr. D.Y. Patil Arts, Commerce, and Science College Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra 412210, India
³Department of Botany, SNJB’s KKHA Arts, SMGL Commerce and SPHJ Science College, Chandwad, Nashik, Maharashtra 423101, India
⁴Department of Botany, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s KRT Arts, BH Commerce and AM Science College, Nashik, Maharashtra 422002, India
⁵Department of Botany, Elphinstone College Mumbai, Maharashtra 400032, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Department of Botany, Shirur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Chandmal Tarachand Bora College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Shirur, Dr. D.Y. Patil Arts, Commerce, and Science College Pimpri, Pune, Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s KRT Arts, BH Commerce and AM Science College, Nashik, Maharashtra 412210, India

ABSTRACT

Iphigenia magnifica Ansari and R.S. Rao (family Colchicaceae) are commonly known as magnificent grass lilies or ranlasni. This species is vulnerable and endemic to the Western Ghat regions of Maharashtra State. The present study provides distributional records of Iphigenia magnifica from Shirur tehsil of Pune district Maharashtra. Iphigenia magnifica is a small herb species reported in the Ramling and Dawalmalik hilly slope regions of Shirur tehsil during botanical explorations. Detailed information on distribution and ecology, taxonomic description, diagnostic characteristics, photographs, and relevant information are provided here for easy identification.

Keywords: Distribution report, endemic, Colchicaceae, Deccan plateau

Species, 2025, 26(77), e16s1807

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e16s1807

Published: 21 February 2025