diff --git a/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC1FFDEFD59E69CA5FAFC19.xml b/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC1FFDEFD59E69CA5FAFC19.xml index 8874f5d8ccc..c036b339901 100644 --- a/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC1FFDEFD59E69CA5FAFC19.xml +++ b/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC1FFDEFD59E69CA5FAFC19.xml @@ -1,50 +1,83 @@ - - - -Figs. 4 - 10 in Descriptions of Two New Species of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) in Korea + + + +Figs. 4 - 10 in Descriptions of Two New Species of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) in Korea - - -Author + + +Author -Kim, Ye-Jun +Arias-Buriticá, Jorge Armando - - -Author + + +Author -Ahn, Kee-Jeong +Bach, Andressa -text - - -The Coleopterists Bulletin + + +Author + +Peres, Carlos A. + + + +Author + +Haugaasen, Torbjørn + + + +Author + +Hawes, Joseph E. + + + +Author + +Azevedo, Renato A. + + + +Author + +Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. + +text + + +The Coleopterists Bulletin - -2023 - -77 + +2023 + +2023-12-21 - -4 + +77 - -629 -635 + +4 + + +629 +635 - -http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13243448 + +http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-77.4.629 -journal article -10.5281/zenodo.13243448 -1938-4394 -9608C141-2914-48B6-BFCC-78EB1D9F1BDA +journal article +10.1649/0010-065X-77.4.629 +1938-4394 +13522797 - + @@ -54,13 +87,17 @@ Arias-Buriticá, Bach , and Vaz-de-Mello, new species + + zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 25BB9AD8-51A5-4A15-BD63-F32A326BB38C + + ( -Fig. 1–3 +Fig. 1–3 ) @@ -78,17 +115,17 @@ with FZVM. Diagnosis. This species is recognized by the following combination of characters: head with fronto-clypeal carina and deep depression in the frons ( -Fig. 1 +Fig. 1 ), both sexes with head margin distinctly notched at the clypeo-genal junction ( -Figs. 1a, c +Figs. 1a, c ), ventral clypeal process in lateral view large and trapezoidal ( -Figs. 1e, f +Figs. 1e, f ), metaventral anterior lobe glabrous ( -Figs. 1b, d +Figs. 1b, d ), morphology of the male genital organ as in -Fig. 2 +Fig. 2 . Females show secondary sexual dimorphism: head with triangular shape, elytral striae from the first to the fourth widened in the central area ( -Fig. 1c +Fig. 1c ). @@ -100,19 +137,19 @@ Male. Length , width 11.7 mm ( -Figs. 1a, b +Figs. 1a, b ). Body color black and shiny, with brown setae on both sides of head and pronotum ( -Fig. 1a +Fig. 1a ). Head: Wider than long. Antenna with eight antennomeres. Clypeus emarginate at middle, with two obtuse teeth. Surface of clypeus shiny with smooth wrinkles giving it a wavy appearance. Ventral clypeal process in lateral view large and trapezoidal ( -Fig. 1e +Fig. 1e ). Head margin distinctly notched at the clypeo-genal junction, genal margin broader than clypeus. Fronto-clypeal region with a central and transverse carina of about 2.5 mm and apical ridge flattened ( -Fig. 1e +Fig. 1e ). Clypeo-genal suture clearly visible. Frons with deep and distinct depression ( -Fig. 1e +Fig. 1e ). Pronotum: Wider than long, simple and convex, anteromedial region without humps. Anterior angles acute. Pronotal punctures dense, very shallow and separated by no more than twice their diameter, near posterior margin with shallow and elliptical ocellate punctures. @@ -126,7 +163,7 @@ Shagreened surface. Smooth in the central area and with large, deep ocellate pun Shagreened surface with setose punctures separated by less than one-half their diameter. Metaventrite: Anterior lobe with shagreened surface with wrinkles near suture with mesoventrite. With shallow punctures separated by two and three times their diameters in the lateral areas near the insertion of the mesocoxa. Central area with shiny, glabrous surface ( -Fig. 1b +Fig. 1b ). Metaventral lateral margins with strongly shagreened surface with large and deep ocellatesetose punctures separated by less than their diameter. Metanepisternum: Shagreened surface with large, deep ocellate punctures separated by about their diameters, some points with short setae. @@ -138,34 +175,34 @@ Abdominal ventrites curved and projected at the lateral margin. Shagreened surfa Pygidial margin complete. Surface shiny, with small, shallow punctures separated by three times their diameters throughout. Legs: Apical margin of protibia obliquely truncate, inner and apical angles finely acuminate, with few straight setae at the apex. Apical spur abruptly angled near the apex ( -Fig. 1a +Fig. 1a ). Tarsomere 1 of meso- and metalegs as long as the second and third tarsomeres together. Metatibial spur with apical bifurcation ( -Fig. 1a +Fig. 1a ). Aedeagus: Parameres subtriangular in lateral view ( -Fig. 2a +Fig. 2a ). In dorsal view parameres symmetrical with curved apex ( -Fig. 2b +Fig. 2b ). In ventral view subgenital plate present, parameres symmetrical with curved apex and base with spine-shaped projection ( -Fig. 2c +Fig. 2c ). Endophallites: Lamella copulatrix (LC) is large, asymmetrical with two sclerotized processes and a fleshy process with many bristles ( -Fig. 2d +Fig. 2d ). Sclerites of axial and subaxial complex (A+SA complex) with indeterminate shape, more sclerotized in the central area surrounded by a semi-sclerotized membrane ( -Fig. 2f +Fig. 2f ). Superior-right peripheral sclerite (SRP) with a “C” shape, wide and with undefined margins ( -Fig. 2e +Fig. 2e ). Fronto-lateral peripheral sclerite (FLP) as shown in - + Fig. 2g . - - + + Fig. 1. Isocopris rossinii @@ -174,9 +211,8 @@ Fig. new species -. Male: a) Dorsal view, b) Ventral view, e) Head, lateral view. +. Male: a) Dorsal view, b) Ventral view, e) Head, lateral view. Female: c) Dorsal view, d) Ventral view, f) Head, lateral view. Scale bars: a, b, d, e = 5 mm; c, f = 2 mm. -Female: c) Dorsal view, d) Ventral view, f) Head, lateral view. Scale bars: a, b, d, e = 5 mm; c, f = 2 mm. Variation. @@ -193,13 +229,13 @@ Length 18.0– . Width 10.8–11.5 mm . Females differ from males in having a less rounded head, giving the appearance of being triangular, while the cephalic carina changes as mentioned in the variation of males ( -Fig. 1f +Fig. 1f ). Secondary sexual dimorphism present, with the elytral striae from the first to the fourth widened in the central area ( -Fig. 1c +Fig. 1c ). Sixth abdominal ventrite not compressed towards the middle. - + Fig. 2. @@ -348,7 +384,7 @@ Morrone . 2022 ) ( -Fig. 3 +Fig. 3 ), a lowland terra firme site ( diff --git a/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC5FFDDFF78E6B3A2C1F92C.xml b/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC5FFDDFF78E6B3A2C1F92C.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..84c525fca1a --- /dev/null +++ b/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC5FFDDFF78E6B3A2C1F92C.xml @@ -0,0 +1,268 @@ + + + +Figs. 4 - 10 in Descriptions of Two New Species of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) in Korea + + + +Author + +Arias-Buriticá, Jorge Armando + + + +Author + +Bach, Andressa + + + +Author + +Peres, Carlos A. + + + +Author + +Haugaasen, Torbjørn + + + +Author + +Hawes, Joseph E. + + + +Author + +Azevedo, Renato A. + + + +Author + +Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. + +text + + +The Coleopterists Bulletin + + +2023 + +2023-12-21 + + +77 + + +4 + + +629 +635 + + + + +http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-77.4.629 + +journal article +10.1649/0010-065X-77.4.629 +1938-4394 +13522797 + + + + + + +KEY +TO +THE +SPECIES +OF + + + +ISOCOPRIS + + +PEREIRA +AND +MARTÍNEZ +, 1960 + + + + + +This key is an adaptation of Rossini and Vaz-de-Mello (2017), updated to include the new species. The sentences between quotation marks (“”) have been transcribed +ipsis litteris +from this paper and the figures of the others species are available in the same work. + + + + + + +1. “Pronotum abruptly vertical above the head, superiorly with a pair of transverse humps. Male with a cephalic horn always flanked by two low and transverse carinae; female with a cephalic carina tuberculate at middle. Large-sized species, body length> +22 mm +” ..................................................................... 2 + + + + +1′. “Pronotum simply convex, never with distinct humps on the superior side. Male either with a simple and conical horn or a transverse and strong carina; female with either a cephalic horn or carina, but never tuberculate at middle. Medium-sized species, body length < +22 mm +” .................................................... 3 + + + + + + +2. “Clypeus wide and evenly curved, slightly sinuated at middle, male with cephalic horn cylindrical to conical (from above), frontal side of the horn always finely wrinkled; female with cephalic carina on the fronto-clypeal region, anteromedial region of pronotum feebly excavated, pronotal protuberance very weak (figs. 1a, b). Anterior pronotal bead simple, metasternal surface completely covered by long and straight orange hairs. +Brazil +, +Argentina +” .............. + + +Isocopris inhiatus +(Germar, 1824) + + + + + + +2′. “Clypeus elongated forward and clearly narrower at middle, lateral margins straight, male with cephalic horn rectangular and transversally elongated, frontal side of the horn smooth to finely punctuated; female with cephalic carina between eyes, anteromedial region of the pronotum distinctly excavated, pronotal humps distinct (figs. 2a, b). Anterior pronotal bead slightly concave at the middle of the posterior margin, metasternum with long hairs along the inner side of mesocoxae, metasternal disc bare. +Brazil +”......................... ............... + + +Isocopris hypocrita +(Lucas, 1857) + + + + + + + +3. “Both sexes with a strong fronto-clypeal carina flanked by two hump-like weak tubercles, carina acuminated on both sides in male, straight in female, frons deeply depressed (figs. 5a, b). Margin of the head distinctly notched at the clypeo-genal junction, body completely black, head and pronotum shining, elytra more opaque” ....................................................... 4 + + +3′. “Both sexes with a conical cephalic horn, margin of the head either notched or angulated (genal margin wider than clypeus) at the clypeo-genal junction, frons either depressed or normal, clypeus weakly to distinctly reflexed at middle” ......................................... 5 + + + + + +4. Both sexes with ventral clypeal process large and trapezoidal in lateral view (figs. 1e, f). Metaventral anterior lobe glabrous (figs. 1b, c). Females with elytral striae from the first to the fourth widened in the central area (fig. 1c). Southwestern Amazonia, +Brazil +(fig. 3) ................. + + +Isocopris rossinii +Arias-Buriticá, Bach + +, and Vaz-de-Mello, new species + + + + + +4′. Both sexes with ventral clypeal process small and tooth-shaped in lateral view. Metaventral anterior lobe with setae. Females without widened elytral striae. Cerrado habitat. +Brazil +............. + + +Isocopris foveolatus +(Luederwaldt, 1931) + + + + + + + + +5. “Fore tibia with an inner-apical projection, tooth-like and directed inward, last protarsal segment strongly enlarged at the apex, tarsal claws very long and strongly folded (figs. 6a, b, e). +Brazil +”...................... + + +Isocopris tarsalis +(Luederwaldt, 1931) + + + + + +5′. “Fore tibia either normal or with an inner-apical projection directed forward, last protarsal segment normal and never strongly enlarged, tarsal claws short and weakly curved” ..................................................................... 6 + + + + + +6. “Clypeus acuminate and sides feebly curved, weakly reflexed and distinctly sinuated at middle, with two obtuse teeth, head of both sexes with three conical tubercles, central tubercle stronger, lateral ones slightly backward, frons not depressed. Apical spur of the fore tibia with superior margin normal. Body black, elytra opaque to feebly shining and completely sericeous. +Brazil +(only known of north of +Minas Gerais +), dry forest” ................ + + +Isocopris xacriaba +Rossini and Vaz-de-Mello, 2017 + + + + + +6′. “Clypeus with sides sinuated, strongly reflexed at middle, either transversally truncated or weakly sinuated, both sexes with a central conical horn flanked by two weak hump-like tubercles, frons slightly to distinctly depressed. Apical spur of the fore tibia with superior margin bifid (fig. 3h). Body completely shining, black to brownish. Known of Amazon and dry forests”............ 7 + + + + + +7. “Pronotum and elytra with a dense and shallow punctuation evenly distributed (figs. 3b, c). Size of +15–22 mm +. +Brazil +”........ + + +Isocopris imitator +(Felsche, 1901) + + + + + + +7′. “Pronotum and elytra with a very fine and inconspicuous punctuation (figs. 4b, c). Size of +12–18 mm +. +French Guiana +, +Brazil +and +Peru +” ........ + + +Isocopris nitidus +(Luederwaldt, 1922) + + + + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC5FFDDFF78E6B3A42FFDE5.xml b/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC5FFDDFF78E6B3A42FFDE5.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 1e453e02826..00000000000 --- a/data/03/E7/87/03E787CDFFC5FFDDFF78E6B3A42FFDE5.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ - - - -Figs. 4 - 10 in Descriptions of Two New Species of Scaphisoma Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) in Korea - - - -Author - -Kim, Ye-Jun - - - -Author - -Ahn, Kee-Jeong - -text - - -The Coleopterists Bulletin - - -2023 - -77 - - -4 - - -629 -635 - - - - -http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13243448 - -journal article -10.5281/zenodo.13243448 -1938-4394 -9608C141-2914-48B6-BFCC-78EB1D9F1BDA - - - - - - -KEY -TO -THE -SPECIES -OF - - - -ISOCOPRIS - - -PEREIRA -AND -MARTÍNEZ -, 1960 - - - - - -This key is an adaptation of Rossini and Vaz-de-Mello (2017), updated to include the new species. The sentences between quotation marks (“”) have been transcribed -ipsis litteris -from this paper and the figures of the others species are available in the same work. - - - - - - -1. “Pronotum abruptly vertical above the head, superiorly with a pair of transverse humps. Male with a cephalic horn always flanked by two low and transverse carinae; female with a cephalic carina tuberculate at middle. Large-sized species, body length> -22 mm -” ..................................................................... 2 - - - - - - \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/95/5F/87/955F879A94427A3FFF1AFE642D19D682.xml b/data/95/5F/87/955F879A94427A3FFF1AFE642D19D682.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..240f76052fe --- /dev/null +++ b/data/95/5F/87/955F879A94427A3FFF1AFE642D19D682.xml @@ -0,0 +1,199 @@ + + + +Fig. 1 in Rostricephalus vitalisi Fleutiaux, 1918 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Lissominae) Confirmed from Laos, with Description of its Male Pregenital Segments and Genitalia + + + +Author + +Qiu, Lu + + + +Author + +Ruan, Yongying + + + +Author + +Huang, Zhengzhong + + + +Author + +Wei, Wei + + + +Author + +Kundrata, Robin + +text + + +The Coleopterists Bulletin + + +2023 + +2023-12-21 + + +77 + + +4 + + +650 +654 + + + + +http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-77.4.650 + +journal article +10.1649/0010-065X-77.4.650 +1938-4394 +13521201 + + + + + + +PLASTOCERUS THORACICUS +Fleutiaux, 1918 + + + + + + +( +Figs. 1–3 +) + + + + +New Material Examined. + +1 male +(IZCAS, +Fig. 1B +), Jingangtai, SE of Shangcheng County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, +26.VI.2006 +, Ye Liu leg.; + + +1 male +(IZCAS, +Fig. 1A +), Mt. Jiulianshan, Longnan City, Jiangxi Province, +8.VI.1975 +, You-Wei Zhang leg.; + + +1 male +(IZCAS), Ma’anshan Forest Park, Hong Kong, +31.V.2017 +, collector unknown. + + + + + +A male specimen was photographed by Wei Wei, with the following information: Xinjiang Village, Gongping Township, Lingchuan County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. +3.VII.2019 +, 15:05pm ( +Fig. 3B +). + + +Measurements. +Body length 7.2–8.0 mm (within the range for this species reported by Hájek +et al. +2020); body width +2.3–2.6 mm +. Pronotum length +1.4–1.5 mm +; pronotum width +1.6–1.7 mm +. + + +Bionomics. +Little is known about this species. The specimen from +Hong Kong +was collected using a sweep net. The specimen from Guangxi, which was photographed in the field, was found on a leaf of + +Camellia oleifera +C. Abel. + +( +Theaceae +) ( +Fig. 3B +). +According +to + +Hájek +et al +. (2020) + +and the collecting data available for our study, this species mainly occurs from late May to early July. + + + + +Distribution. +VIEtNAm +: +HOA BINh +, +TUyêN QUANG +, Vính Phúc; + +China +: +Guangxi +, +Yunnan +, +Henan +( +new + +record +), Jiangxi ( +new record +), +Hong Kong +( +new record +) ( +Fig. 3A +). + + + + +Remarks. + +Hájek +et al +. (2020) + +examined a specimen of this species from “Kwangsi [=Guangxi], Hsiangshien”. The locality name “Hsiangshien” should be “Xiangxian”, which is an old name of Xiangzhou County in Laibin City of Guangxi. + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/A2/7E/87/A27E87F1FF85FF924DDBA13F5DF2EE4F.xml b/data/A2/7E/87/A27E87F1FF85FF924DDBA13F5DF2EE4F.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a70cc678928 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/A2/7E/87/A27E87F1FF85FF924DDBA13F5DF2EE4F.xml @@ -0,0 +1,370 @@ + + + +Revisiting the identity and distribution of Allspice (Myrtaceae), a misidentified spice in India + + + +Author + +Nissar, Vettathukattil Abdulgafoor Muhammed +0000-0001-8522-772X +Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode- 673 012, Kerala, India +muhammednissar@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Rajagopal, Sivaranjani +0000-0001-7012-2220 +Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode- 673 012, Kerala, India +ranjanigop@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Mana, Harinarayanan Cheruppoyilath +0000-0002-1572-9246 +Pharmacognosy Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala - 676 503, India +cmhari86@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Elampilay, Sheeja Thotten +Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode- 673 012, Kerala, India + + + +Author + +Payatatti, Vijesh Kumar Illathidath +Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode- 673 012, Kerala, India + + + +Author + +Prabhukumar, Konickal Mambetta +0000-0003-3341-2717 +PDSH Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, PIN 226001, Uttar Pradesh +prabhumkrishna@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Jagadamma, Rema +Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode- 673 012, Kerala, India + + + +Author + +Saji, Koryampallil Vijayan +Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode- 673 012, Kerala, India + +text + + +Phytotaxa + + +2024 + +2024-06-19 + + +653 + + +3 + + +208 +218 + + + + +http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.653.3.2 + +journal article +10.11646/phytotaxa.653.3.2 +1179-3163 +13216977 + + + + + + +Morphological key to delineate + +P. racemosa + +from + +P. dioica + + + + + + + + + + +1a. Hypanthium densely pubescent, calyx and corolla 5-lobed, persistent calyx lobes closely arranged without exposing the receptacle portion in fruit, 1–2 seed per fruit .......................................................................................................................................... + +P. dioica + + + + + +1b. Hypanthium glabrous, calyx and corolla 4-lobed, persistent calyx lobes laxly arranged, exposing the receptacle portion in fruit, 3–6 seeds per fruit ................................................................................................................................................................... + +P. racemosa + + + + + + + + + + +Pimenta racemosa +(Miller 1768: 5) J.W. Moore (1933: 33) + += + +Caryophyllus racemosus +Miller (1768: 5) + + + + + + + +Type +: + +Antigua and Barbuda +, Miller., herbarium at +BM +( +BM +000953736). [Link: https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3268e9dd-7097-4230-ad37- 99fa4c921778]. + + +Tree up to +12 m +high. Young twigs glabrous, light green, usually 4-angled flattened at petiole juncture, becoming grey-brown and terete at maturity; trunk greyish brown, bark smooth and papery-flaky. Leaves opposite, sub-sessile to shortly petiolate; petiole to +0.4–0.8 cm +long; blades obovate to elliptic, 4.5–10 × +2.2 –5.7cm +, slightly discolorous, dark green becoming gray adaxially when dried, light green on the abaxial side, stiffly coriaceous at maturity, both surfaces punctuate, glossy and glabrous, entire margin slightly revolute in fresh material, undulating in dry material, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate. Secondary veins +3–5 mm +apart, 10–12 pairs per blade, held at an angle of c. 60° relative to the mid-vein; marginal vein c. 1.0 mm from the margin at the midpoint, tertiary veins conspicuous on the abaxial side; midvein canaliculate adaxially, keeled abaxially; crushed leaves have a blended aroma of clove and cinnamon. Inflorescence a panicle with 20–100 flowers, +4–8cm +long, sub-terminal, rachis mostly glabrous, with white-grayish simple trichomes on the apical portion and in the axils of branches; branches opposite terminating in dichasia; peduncle glabrous. Bracteoles linear, +2–3mm +long, caducous before flower anthesis; floral bud clavate, constricted between the ovary and hypanthium, mature buds to c. +5mm +long, densely covered in white hairs. Flower hermaphrodite, +5–9 mm +diam. Hypanthium glabrous, 1.5–2 × +3.5–4 mm +, slightly extended above ovary summit. Corolla free, 5-merous, c. 4 × +3 mm +wide. Sepals pale green, sometimes dark gray in dried material, dentate, opening to a star shape at anthesis, lobes c. 1× c. +2 mm +, apex acute, base truncate, internally and externally covered in white hairs. Petals white, obovate, reflexed at anthesis, externally pubescent, internally mostly glabrous, apex rounded, base truncate, 3.5–4 × 3.0– +3.5 mm +. Staminal ring pubescent, 1.0– +1.5mm +wide; stamens ca. +90 in +number, anthers +4–6mm +long; style +4–8mm +long, filiform. Ovary bilocular, free apical placentation, ca. 10 ovules. Fruits subglobose, +10–13 mm +in diam. with persistent calyx lobes, glabrous and purple when mature. Seeds 3–6, brown to black and sub-globose. + + +Taxonomic notes: +From the specimens collected and images took from different locations of +Kerala +, +Karnataka +, +Tamil Nadu +, +Maharashtra +and Goa, it is confirmed that the species widely cited as allspice in +India +is + +P. racemosa + +. Herbarium specimens housed at various herbaria +viz +. +P +, +K +, +E +, +G +, +BR +, +CAL +, +MH +, +CALI +, +LWG +, +CMPR +, +KFRI +and +TBGT +confirmed that the identity of so called ‘allspice’ in +India +as + +P. racemosa + +and allows us to assert that all the previous reports regarding the identity and distribution of true allspice ( + +P. dioica + +) were based on the erroneous identifications at species level associated to data produced by different workers in their publication. Being an exotic, cultivated species, the representation of specimens in herbaria is confined to very few sheets. During the herbarium survey, we found a collection housed at Madras Herbarium ( +MH +) and +TBGT +, by +M +. Mohanan in +20 February 1979 +from the Bonacuad region of Agasthyamala, Trivandrum district, +Kerala +, that perfectly matched + +P. dioica + +(Coll. No. 59334; Acc. No. +MH +00230332). We visited the locality and confirmed the identity after examination of the flowering and fruiting specimens. +A +study of the leaf essential oil profile of + +P. racemosa +( + +Pragadheesh +et al +. 2013 + +) + +planted at the CSIR-CIMAP campus, Lucknow, was published with the correct identity. Reference of the taxonomic key and the +type +specimens suggests that the variety of + +P. racemosa + +being grown in +India +is + +P. racemosa +var. +racemosa + +. The distinguishing features of + +P. dioica + +and + +P. racemosa + +are given below ( +Table 1 +) based on the literature and field studies. + + + + +Distribution: + +Pimenta racemosa + +is grown mainly in the south Indian states of +Kerala +, +Karnataka +, +Tamil Nadu +, Goa and +Maharashtra +either as intercrops or as sole trees in homesteads under the wrong identity. The plant is often misidentified as allspice and the dried berries and leaves are harvested and sold in some places. The trees were found to grow well from sea level to an altitude of +1200 m +. Profuse flowering and fruiting is observed in hill areas with cooler climate whereas in the plains it is sporadic or absent. Occasionally some trees are found to produce flowers and fruits at low elevations. The dried berries are traded as allspice though the volume is meager. The occurrence of + +Pimenta + +in +India +is represented in +Fig. 1 + + + +FIGURE 1. +Distribution of + +Pimenta + +in India. + + + +The present study reveals that true allspice ( + +P. dioica + +) in +India +is, as far as we know, strictly confined to Bonacaud, Thiruvananthapuram district in +Kerala +(two fruiting trees and a few seedlings) which could have been planted during the British ruling period. The distinguishing features of + +P. dioica + +and + +P. racemosa + +are given below ( +Table 1 +) based on the literature and field studies. + + + + \ No newline at end of file